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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On property, there are in-ground firepits, a log cabin clubhouse with games like pingpong and pool, an old-fashioned general store for supplies, and a playground and dog park.
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Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Our Kentucky coin would feature a tiny log cabin; the Indiana penny, a tiny figure of young Lincoln reading a book.
—Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
The Donnelly Library is housed in a 1,000-square-foot log cabin that Scheline said is about one-tenth the size of the average Idaho library.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2025
The Lincoln penny was designed not just to pay its way but to remind us that a non-billionaire — born on the prairie, self-educated, and committed to the idea of upward mobility — once rose from a log cabin to the White House.
—Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Our Kentucky coin would feature a tiny log cabin; the Indiana penny, a tiny figure of young Lincoln reading a book.
—Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
The Donnelly Library is housed in a 1,000-square-foot log cabin that Scheline said is about one-tenth the size of the average Idaho library.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2025
The Lincoln penny was designed not just to pay its way but to remind us that a non-billionaire — born on the prairie, self-educated, and committed to the idea of upward mobility — once rose from a log cabin to the White House.
—Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 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 9 Mar. 2025.
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