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pine barren
noun
- a tract of sandy or peaty soil in which pine trees are the principal growth, as in low-lying areas near the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pine barren1
An Americanism dating back to 1725–35
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Example Sentences
The Indians had left the swamp and hidden themselves in a pine barren, near which the roadway wound.
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Between the Caloosahatchee the country is wet pine barren, with occasionally dry islands.
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More interesting, and a thousand times more memorable, than any flower or bird was the pine barren itself.
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Except in this bit of pine barren, the roads are exceedingly muddy.
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It was already past noon, when I caught sight of a solitary deer making its way across the open pine-barren.
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