timberman
noun
a person who prepares, erects, and maintains mine timbers.
timbermen
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pluralof timberman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Student teachers pay for the privilege of being counselors, and dozens of volunteers, from timbermen to Navy Seabees, chip in everything from cash to carpentry.
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
Though timbermen have only recently realized it, the black bear is a major threat to lumbering.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here at the waterfront taverns a motley crowd of loggers and raftsmen, woodsmen and timbermen, were wont to gather for nights of revelry.
From Blue Ridge Country by Erskine Caldwell
