Term: Boomer (logging)
Definition:
A man who doesn't stay long on any job; generally three days to three weeks. One who works just long enough to get a liquor stake and the "wrinkles out of his belly." View more information about logging elsewhere at wisconsinhistory.org
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[Source: Sorden, L.G. and Isabel J. Ebert. Logger's Words of Yesteryears. (Madison, 1956).]]
