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fat pine

noun

Midland and Southern U.S.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fat pine1

An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
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Example Sentences

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High-grade wood turpentine is now produced by the steam distillation of finely cut fat pine wood.

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He who had been addressed as Vipan laughed good-humouredly, as he tossed an armful of fat pine knots among the glowing logs, whence arose a blaze that lit up the hut as though for some festivity.

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I had a log of fat pine in the back yard.

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Dry white-pine and cedar shavings and splints light readily from the match, but dead "fat" pine is much better.

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In the mail are new pictures of the children; I share a cup of hot chocolate with the dog; the wind kicks up; the fat pine on the front lawn trembles its skirts in the late afternoon; shadows smudge the hedges; day hook-slides into night.

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