Origin of timber cruiser

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example sentences from the Web for timber cruiser

  • The pack of the timber-cruiser, or land-looker, of the lumber trade is made of stout canvas, with shoulder-straps.

    The Way to the West |Emerson Hough
  • It was the same fellow who had bunked with them and drank their elegant Java with such gusto—Stackpole, the timber-cruiser.

    Canoe Mates in Canada |St. George Rathborne
  • He is supposed to be a timber-cruiser and log-sealer, but I reckon he doesn't work very hard at his trade.