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homely as a hedge fence en · ADJ

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  1. (US, dated, idiomatic) Having no physically attractive characteristics, but not blatantly ugly; very plain in appearance.
    • This Subaru station wagon was as homely as a hedge fence and cramped as a corn crib, but it was the immediate hit of every ski town in the country. 1988 December, Denise McCluggage, "Top Snow Country Vehicles," Snow Country Magazine, p. 71 (Google preview) (retrieved 7 April 2019)
    • "Louise had been sweet-tempered but homely as a hedge fence," Charlotte observes, "[…] pools of wrinkles widened out over her face like somebody had thrown a pebble in it." 2008 July 12, Anna Mundow, “Legends of Troy”, in Irish Times, retrieved 07 Apr 2019:
    • "I must have a husband!" said Miss Crooks, "what shall I do? Here I am hard upon my 25th year, and they say I am as homely as a hedge fence to boot! what shall I do?" 1850 October 7, "A Trifling Mistake," The Adams Sentinal (Gettysbury, Pennsylvania), p. 1 (Google news archive)