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 timberman driving through the hollow had not seen the bobcat and her three blind babies; but he had roused the mother cat and she was now all ready to spring at intruders.
From Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret by Annie Roe Carr
He could carpenter anywhere, 108 and if he’s as smart a timberman as he is millwright, will make good.
From The Plunderer by Douglas Duer
The man on the seat, talking to another on the ground, was Mr. Gedney Raffer, the timberman who was contending at law with Uncle Henry.
From Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret by Annie Roe Carr
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
Though timbermen have only recently realized it, the black bear is a major threat to lumbering.
From Time Magazine Archive
So heavy is that burden that timbermen have been forced to slash off and sell their timber prematurely; and they cannot afford to reforest.
From Time Magazine Archive
"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
She had picked up a peavey one of the timbermen had left on this bank and was using is as a staff as she watched the "freshet" start.
From Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies by Alice B. Emerson
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