timber cruiser
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of timber cruiser
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
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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
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 William Joseph Long
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 Erskine Caldwell
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 Erskine Caldwell
A timber cruiser would come into the community, prospecting for a lumber company, and examine the standing timber.
From Blue Ridge Country by Erskine Caldwell
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