woodpile
Americannoun
noun
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a pile or heap of firewood
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offensive See nigger
Etymology
Origin of woodpile
Example Sentences
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He even pulled out the previous owner’s landscaping so he’d have plenty of room for his woodpile, Hargrave said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024
"Well, Dormie chased the cat into the woodpile," Stone said.
From Salon ● May 17, 2021
The recurring poetic motifs include a tall woodpile, based on the one in which Joan and Charlie perch as children to imagine their future, that is recycled too industriously.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2019
Marsh watched it burn out next to the woodpile beneath her platform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2016
He just happened to glance up as a pink blimp floated nonchalantly around his woodpile and across the front yard, but for a moment this curious apparition did not even register.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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