log cabin

noun

: a cabin made from logs
The successful man liked to claim humble a beginning, saying he was born in a log cabin.

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Elsewhere, the crew also built an entire log cabin on a riverbank. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025 All of his movies present prototypical images of common spaces: a house in Hollywood, a boardroom, a log cabin, an American trailer park. Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025 Image Born in the mid-1930s in segregated Virginia, Ms. Owens was raised in a log cabin. Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 The tables and chairs in the seating area are big and wooden and chunky, fit for a log cabin. David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for log cabin 

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“Log cabin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/log%20cabin. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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