four-by-eight's

Updated: May 26, 2025

Why them 'web-feet' " "Just what in particular is the matter?" Bruce asked, as the carpenter paused, not for want of verbal ammunition but because he was out of breath. "Matter!" panted Woods, "he's got us strainin' our life out puttin' up them green four-by-eight's when they's no need. They'd carry a ocean cable, them cross-arms would.

Caroline Lockhart - The Man from the Bitter Roots