DCHP-2
driver DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1 n. — Lumbering
a man who takes part in the process of floating or driving logs.
See also: log driver river-driver river-hog riverman (def. 2) stream-driver white-water man river rat
- 1853 Then the logs are apt to get jammed together between the rocks, and the driver has constantly to be on the alert to preserve his raft, or what he values at less rate, his own life.
- 1964 In the old days drivers worked from the logs more than they can now that logs are smaller.
2 n.
a person who drives a dog team.
See also: dog-driver
- 1871 (1883) The dogs were good ones, the drivers well versed in their work. . . .
- 1956 A good driver . . . can with a single word make his dogs stop and lie down in their traces.
- 1853 Then the logs are apt to get jammed together between the rocks, and the driver has constantly to be on the alert to preserve his raft, or what he values at less rate, his own life.