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timberman
[ tim-ber-muhn ]
timberman
/ ˈtɪmbəmən /
noun
- any of various longicorn beetles that have destructive wood-eating larvae Also calledtimberman beetle
Word History and Origins
Origin of timberman1
Example Sentences
Pattinson plays a former timberman named Ephraim Winslow, who is just looking for an honest wage doing chores and manual labor under Thomas’s supervision.
Ray was born in Jackson County one of 17 kids, his father a timberman, he said they never had much money.
Proulx presents a thrilling, 300-year saga about the vast forests and the rapacious timbermen who enabled the United States to conquer the world.
At a few places there were narrow footpaths, subterranean in the quality of their light, made by timbermen when searching for suitable trees for the saw-mill.
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.
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