DCHP-2

river rat † Lumbering, Slang DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a man who takes part in the process of floating or driving logs.
See also: driver (def. 1)
- 1917 (1942) So leap away you river rats,
  From landin' down to sluice;
  There's logs to run,
  there's peavey fun
  To break the timber loose.