Timbers

name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of timber form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of timber form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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back countrybackwoodsboondocksborderlandbrushbush

Example

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"'Or Grecians in these timbers lurk confined, / or 'tis some engine of assault, designed / to breach the walls, and lay our houses bare, / and storm the town. Some mischief lies behind. / Trust not the horse, ye Teucrians. Whatso'er / this means, I fear the Greeks, for all the gifts they bear.'"

Etymology

Unexplained.

Related phrases

shiver my timbers

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