timber cruiser

American  

noun

1. cruiser.

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Etymology

Origin of timber cruiser

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example Sentences

"You hear trees falling constantly, but you can't see them through the smoke," says Bill Thompson, 51, a timber cruiser from Salem, Ore. "It gets real spooky out here."

From Time Magazine Archive

McGarven, the timber cruiser, who had no idea that there was any man but himself on the lake, watched the bull with growing wonder and distrust, thinking him possessed of some evil demon.

From Wood Folk at School by Long, William Joseph

Ike M’Graw, the timber cruiser, was an excellent weather prophet; and this was proved to be a fact before all of those at Red Deer Lodge had gone to bed on this first night.

From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks

Come to find out Dessie had sent John snipe huntin’, so to speak, and she skipped out with a timber cruiser.

From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine

A timber cruiser in Knott County, Kentucky, once came upon an old woman chopping firewood beside the door of her one-room cabin.

From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine