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cruiser 
1 † n. Lumbering See 1942 quote.
See also: prospector (def. 2) timber-cruiser wood-ranger (def. 1)
- 1942 (1946) 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. . . .
2 n. a boot having a high laced top and used in rough country.
- 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.
- 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.
4 n. a small over-snow vehicle equipped with skis at the front and powered by a motor driving a treaded endless track.
See also: motor toboggan Snow Cruiser
- 1965 Since it is about two miles off the road to the lake, I figure the cruiser will have an opportunity to prove itself.
- 1942 (1946) 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.