Term: Poor-box (logging)
Definition:
Tobacco box near the door containing free tobacco. Men guilty of misdemeanors were punished by fines paid in tobacco for the free use of the men. 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)]