fat pine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fat pine
An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
Example Sentences
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I had a log of fat pine in the back yard.
From The Comstock Club by Goodwin, Charles Carroll
When anybody git cut I allus burns woolen rags and smokes de wound or burns a piece fat pine and drops tar from it on scorched wool and bind it on de wound.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
"I'll light a piece of fat pine," shouted the Boy, catching up a stick, and thrusting it into the coals.
From The Magnetic North by Robins, Elizabeth
Why, that was the sun making an effect of stained glass as it shone through the fat pine weather-boarding of his little bedroom on the old place down in Florida.
From The Magnetic North by Robins, Elizabeth
He had only to light the fat pine sticks laid beneath the kettle swung above and make his tea, and his meal was ready.
From The Mountain Girl by Erskine, Payne
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