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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1†n. — Lumbering
See 1942 quote.
Quotations
1942
CRUISER. A man who goes out in the woods to estimate the volume of timber standing on a given acreage. He does a good deal more than this and submits his work in the form of a map divided into 40-acre squares and showing the contours and general physical features of the country as well as the volume and type of timber.
1947
The company, he says, "spent millions of dollars" on it, out of a misguided faith in the cruiser's glowing reports.
1964
The site of the winter cutting had been chosen in advance by a man known as the cruiser. . . .
2n.
a boot having a high laced top and used in rough country.
Quotations
1903
He brought to light . . . oil-tanned shoepacs, with and without the flexible leather sole; "cruisers" of varying degree of height--each and every sort of footgear in use in the Far North. . . .
3†n.
a police patrol car.
Quotations
1955
They gave chase in their cruiser and radioed for assistance. Speeds between 60 and 70 mph were recorded along Queen St. toward Sunnyside.
1958
We were parked in the yellow cruiser, about 75 yards beyond a stop sign that Toronto's east-end motorists love to ignore.
4n.
a small over-snow vehicle equipped with skis at the front and powered by a motor driving a treaded endless track.
Quotations
1965
Since it is about two miles off the road to the lake, I figure the cruiser will have an opportunity to prove itself.