woodpile
Americannoun
noun
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a pile or heap of firewood
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offensive See nigger
Etymology
Origin of woodpile
Example Sentences
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Their initial efforts to push animation forward, which had started in Bluth’s garage before their formal resignation from Disney, resulted in the short film “Banjo the Woodpile Cat.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2022
Eight years later, “Haul the Woodpile Down” and three other Asbury songs — newly digitized and none of them likely heard for a century — are being released on a 45 record by Archeophone Records.
From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2018
It dated to when Grover Cleveland occupied the White House, opening with a crackle before the steady voice of Charles Asbury introduces himself and his performance of “Haul the Woodpile Down.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2018
He found “Haul the Woodpile Down” in a box of cylinders he bought for $600 a few years ago from another collector in California.
From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2018
"Woodpile, ash-heap, garbage-pail," said the young man stolidly.
From Average Jones by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
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