timber cruiser

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"You hear trees falling constantly, but you can't see them through the smoke," says Bill Thompson, 51, a timber cruiser from Salem, Ore. "It gets real spooky out here."

From Time Magazine Archive

A timber cruiser would come into the community, prospecting for a lumber company, and examine the standing timber.

From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine

A timber cruiser in Knott County, Kentucky, once came upon an old woman chopping firewood beside the door of her one-room cabin.

From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine

But the old creature, who lived alone, dismissed the timber cruiser with a wave of her bony hand.

From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine

So those who live upon the ocean come to possess that which they will not barter for ease, and so the timber cruiser shortens his visit to town.

From Minstrel Weather by Storm, Marian