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Term: Hoot-nanny (logging)

Definition: 1. A small device used to hold a crosscut-saw while sawing a log from underneath. 2. A nickname for almost any implement or gadget whose name you do not know. View more information about logging elsewhere at wisconsinhistory.org

[Source: Sorden, L.G. and Isabel J. Ebert. Logger's Words of Yesteryears. (Madison, 1956)]
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