lumber
noun
timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
lumberer
-
a word derived from
lumber.
Example Sentences
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Yes, the pickpocket, the card-sharper, the "lumberer," the confidence man, the blarneying beggar, and the fakir of every description laid his snares on this holy spot.
From The Christian A Story by Sir Hall Caine
Hector told the old lumberer how long they had been separated from their families, and by what sad accident they had been deprived of the society of their beloved sister.
From Lost in the Backwoods by Catharine Parr Strickland Traill
A heavy lumberer Peter was, When lumbering was like pitch and toss, To-day success, to-morrow loss.
From Recollections of Bytown and Its Old Inhabitants by William Pittman Lett
One famous fellow of this governing class is known by his deeds and words to every lumberer and stevedore and timber- tower about Montreal and Quebec.
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Sir J. M. (James MacPherson) Le Moine
As I closed the front door and stepped out upon the sidewalk, a tall man lounged across to me from the doorway of a saloon across the road—a lumberer, by his dress.
From Wandering Heath by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
