timberman
Americannoun
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timbermen
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of timberman
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at timber, man
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The concept dates to 1917, when a wealthy Michigan timberman named Charles Lathrop Pack started the National War Garden Commission, according to the World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025
Born in Alder Gulch, Mont, in 1869, son of a well-to-do timberman, Thompson went to school at Exeter, was popular but undistinguished, formed a friendship with Thomas W. Lament that lasted all his life.
From Time Magazine Archive
The northwestern timberman approves all measures that will give the greatest number of people the greatest permanent opportunity to profit by the fullest use and least waste of all our resources.
From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress
And many a time some timberman Would land himself in jail, But Big Wayne always lent a hand, And went the wretch’s bail.
From Blue Ridge Country by Erskine Caldwell
"If he holds his gait, he'll be a big timberman before you know it."
From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Bertrand W. Sinclair
Proulx presents a thrilling, 300-year saga about the vast forests and the rapacious timbermen who enabled the United States to conquer the world.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2016
"There are a lot of people out of work now who aren't used to it, from General Motors executives to Oregon timbermen," says Frank Leary of Washington's Urban Institute.
From Time Magazine Archive
An immediate remedy proposed for timbermen is substitution of a single "severance tax" of 10% at cutting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though timbermen have only recently realized it, the black bear is a major threat to lumbering.
From Time Magazine Archive
The present generation of timbermen look upon a very different scene.
From Blue Ridge Country by Erskine Caldwell
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