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Definition of Raftsmen
1. raftsman [n] - See also: raftsman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raftsmen
Literary usage of Raftsmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great Bonanza by Oliver Optic, Robert Michael Ballantyne (1876)
"But the raftsmen still keep their vocation. Each spring the river carries down
thousands of feet of lumber to the Ohio and Mississippi cities, ..."
2. The Canadian Guide Book, with a Map of the Province by Edward Staveley (1849)
"... up the figures of the raftsmen. Within these few years much has been done to
facilitate and assure the passage of him. her down the Ottawa by the ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1900)
"answered the raftsmen. Perhaps some among them would have yielded had they stood
alone; ... The policeman wagged his head; the big raftsmen laughed. ..."
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