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longer ((n.))
[long + -er]
Atlantic Provinces
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
long poles or timber in the rough, used for building fishing stages, fences, floors, etc.; stringer.
See: longer fence
Quotations
1772
At noon I . . . searched the woods . . . where I found some good longers, and boat-hook staffs.
1837
On Thursday last the skeleton of a man was found in the woods a short distance from the Block House, at the entrance of this harbour, by a man and boy who were cutting longers.
1878
On the afternoon of their death, the deceased . . . left home for the woods to draw "longers" across the pond.
1963
LONGERS, n. Rails for a fence.