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lumbermill

American  
[luhm-ber-mil] / ˈlʌm bərˌmɪl /

noun

  1. a mill for dressing logs and lumber.


Etymology

Origin of lumbermill

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; lumber 1 + mill 1


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They could nestle right into some long-abandoned textile-or lumbermill dam, and draw their power from the flowing river water.

From Time Magazine Archive

There have already been strikes and demands for wage increases by airline employees, policemen and lumbermill workers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Reynolds also is starting on a 60,000,000-lb. plant in the lumbermill town of Longview, Wash., where Bonneville will furnish power aplenty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both of them were astonishingly shrewd lumbermill operators and vessel owners, and neither of them ever took a bad dime.

From Time Magazine Archive

And I’m reminded, too, of the song that goes: My name is Yon Yonson, I work in Wisconsin, I work in a lumbermill there.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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