Oregon pine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Oregon pine
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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The frames are oak, the planking Oregon pine, the decks canvas-covered spruce, the standing rigging stainless steel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oregon pine, hauling up a chain saw and hand ax.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the N. W. Ayer & Son advertising agency, in charge of the series, shipped a bale of Oregon pine boughs after him, Graves used the boughs as subject matter for one last brilliant try.
From Time Magazine Archive
And it was a spar––as fine a bit of timber, Oregon pine of course, as was ever set up in a fisherman.
From The Seiners by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
The first boom of Defender was also of Oregon pine.
From Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895 by Various
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