fat pine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fat pine
An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
Example Sentences
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You'll find a fire already laid, in the fireplace, with fat pine knots that will blaze up at the touch of a match.
From Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber
Why, that was the sun making an effect of stained glass as it shone through the fat pine weather-boarding of his little bedroom on the old place down in Florida.
From The Magnetic North by Elizabeth Robins
They, as well as fat pine, are almost imperishable, and those sticking out of old rotten logs are as good as any.
From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
Carefully pile over it the shreds of birch bark or splinters of fat pine prepared beforehand, and the fire is made.
From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
"I'll light a piece of fat pine," shouted the Boy, catching up a stick, and thrusting it into the coals.
From The Magnetic North by Elizabeth Robins
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