lumber
noun
timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
lumberer
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a word derived from
lumber.
Example Sentences
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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
Such a rebuff would not have embarrassed Bertie, nor awakened in him a slumbering conscience, as it did in this young lumberer, who was ridiculous enough to be in earnest in his infidelity.
From Bluebell A Novel by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
Perhaps the real John Bull, heavy, good-natured lumberer as he is, was never worse represented than in this journal which bore his name, but had little of his kindly spirit.
From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 by Philip Wharton
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
A young lady told me an adventure that befell her and her sister, which is rather a droll illustration of the manners of a French Canadian lumberer.
From Life in the Clearings versus the Bush by Susanna Moodie
