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lumber king

• a large-scale operator in lumbering (def. 2), especially in logging (def. 2).

  See also: logging (def. 2)  lumbering (def. 2)  sawdust nobility  timber baron  timber king  

  • 1889  At Keswick is seen the charmingly situated resort of one of the great lumber-kings of the country. . . .
  • 1891  [He was] the most popular and respected "lumber-king" on the river.
  • 1964  To the Ottawa lumber kings these ideas were unusual indeed.