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

The two scouts introduced themselves and then because Paul Nez had started down the wood road they waved farewell to the camper with the injured foot and hustled to catch up to the timber cruiser.

From The Boy Scout Fire Fighters by Crump, Irving

I am really going to confer with an old timber cruiser about the standing timber contracted for by the Neven Lumber Company before Frank Birdsall died.

From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks

So those who live upon the ocean come to possess that which they will not barter for ease, and so the timber cruiser shortens his visit to town.

From Minstrel Weather by Storm, Marian

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