timber cruiser
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of timber cruiser
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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"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
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
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
A timber cruiser would come into the community, prospecting for a lumber company, and examine the standing timber.
From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine
But the old creature, who lived alone, dismissed the timber cruiser with a wave of her bony hand.
From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine
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