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.

Examples of log cabin in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Michigan City This 1976 log cabin is 20 minutes from Lake Michigan's Washington Park Beach as well as shops and restaurants. The Week Staff, theweek, 2 July 2024 The former President has been bragging about his indifference to preparing for the evening, telling audiences that Biden has holed-up in a log cabin to rest up, is loaded up on performance-enhancing drugs, and getting favorable treatment already from debate moderators with CNN. Philip Elliott, TIME, 26 June 2024 This includes the original governor’s mansion built in 1864 and Fort Misery, the oldest log cabin in the state that was built the same year and eventually moved onto the property. Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2024 The log cabin stage in the center of the fair will feature continuous entertainment with performances by Joe Reilly and the All Nation Dancers, the Gabriel Traditional Jazz Band, the Electric Guitar Orchestra, Tariq Gardner and the Evening Star, among others. Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2024 Flagstaff Currently a high-end rustic vacation rental, this five-bedroom log cabin is in a rural area near hiking and camping, but also 15 minutes' drive from downtown Flagstaff. The Week Staff, theweek, 30 Apr. 2024 The two-time Super Bowl champion paid $860,000 for a luxury log cabin in his hometown of Grantsburg, according to state real estate records filed this week. Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024 Now the organization is working to save and restore a 19th-century log cabin known as the Hopkins House, perhaps Gettysburg’s only pre-Civil War structure built by and for free African Americans. Andrew Dalton, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2024 Blonde teenagers sat outside a log cabin drinking beer in the morning. Leyton Cassidy, Longreads, 7 May 2024

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“Log cabin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/log%20cabin. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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