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Meanings of useless lumber in English

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Usage of useless lumber in English
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In fact, it was banished as an article of useless lumber.
The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair / Or, True Stories from...
2
I seem a poor piece of useless lumber, but Thou bearest with me.
Religion in Earnest: A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York
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Act sensibly, and leave all useless lumber behind, urged Ensign Christie.
At War with Pontiac; Or, The Totem of the Bear: A Tale of Redcoa...
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Why had I brought all that useless lumber down to Rolla?
North America — Volume 2
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The wagon is so much useless lumber in his stable.
The High School Boys' Training Hike
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Her mind moved slowly and was entangled by a vast quantity of useless lumber.
The Captives
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No servants, no furniture, no useless lumber-justa place to live in-enoughfor any man.
The Secret Power
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The moment they and their effects were secured the launch was cut adrift, like useless lumber.
The Red Rover: A Tale
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This, as well as the trinkets which had been bestowed upon them, they probably regarded as useless lumber.
Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain J...
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Now that we've everything cleaned up, we'll have the funeral and get the decks cleared of useless lumber.
The Sea-Wolf
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And again, these compositions, so prized by us, remain useless lumber for the people, and utterly unserviceable to them.
What to Do? Thoughts Evoked By the Census of Moscow
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Never anything but useless lumber?
The Fruit of the Tree
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Besides this collection of quadrupeds, we had a vast assortment of useless lumber, which had cost us many hundred pounds.
The Bushman — Life in a New Country
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The intellect is for them a useless lumber; they cease to be men; they lose their personality, their liberty, their property.
Essays on Political Economy
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A creeping up among the useless lumber of our nation that'll be the first to burn if there comes a flare.
The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters
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The upshot of which, was, to smash this witness like a crockery vessel, and shiver his part of the case to useless lumber.
A Tale of Two Cities
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