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Definition of Lumberyards
1. lumberyard [n] - See also: lumberyard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lumberyards
Literary usage of Lumberyards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912 by S.J. Clarke Publishing Company (1912)
"lumberyards for about eleven years, starting with very limited space on Ninth
and Freeman streets. The concern, which now gives employment to many people, ..."
2. Vital Statistics: An Introduction to the Science of Demography by George Chandler Whipple (1919)
"Coal yards Elevators lumberyards Stockyards Warehouses Laborers, porters, and
helpers in stores Newsboys Proprietors, officials, and managers (nos1) ..."
3. The Lost City!: Drama of the Fire Fiend! Or Chicago, as it Was, and as it Is by Frank Luzerne (1872)
"Unfortunately frame buildings—lumberyards, and substances inflammable as tinder
almost, covered and surrounded the space which the fire was threatening, ..."
4. Vital Statistics; an Introduction to the Science of Demography: An by George Chandler Whipple (1919)
"Officials of insurance companies Laborers in coal and lumberyards, warehouses, etc.
... lumberyards 6 3 6.... Stockyards 6 3 7.... Warehouses • . 6 4 0. ..."
5. The Lost City! Drama of the Fire Fiend!: Or Chicago, as it Was, and as it Is by Frank Luzerne (1872)
"Unfortunately frame buildings—lumberyards, and substances inflammable as tinder
almost, covered and surrounded tlie space which the fire was threatening, ..."
6. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"... mori- than lumberyards; she wants factories. Aloni; the ranal will be frontage
on bolli sides for fifty miles. To this frontage Houston hopes, ..."
7. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... terra cotta works, a stove factory, lumberyards, etc., and commands four
distinct railway lines. The population was 6700 in 1870 and 7472 in 1880. ..."
8. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1918)
""Memphis is an important lumbering center, and there are a very large number of
lumberyards, mills, etc., here, employing many thousands of men. ..."
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