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  • He ordered an old wagon piled high with hay and pitchpine.

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

  • Come night-time, Marster had a big bonfire built up and sot lots of pitchpine torches 'round so as dere would be plenty of light for 'em to see how to eat dat fine supper what had done been sot out for' em.

    Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

  • Acting upon Elfreda's suggestion that they make an effort to salvage their supplies, Tom and Hippy prepared pitchpine torches, and all hands repaired to the scene of their late camping place.

    Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower

  • Uncle Solomon's chest contained quite a library, which he could read at night by the light of knots of the pitchpine.

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

  • There was the same parquet floor, and dado of shiny pitchpine.

    The Longest Journey 1924

  • I feel just the same; I scarcely dare defile this spotless pitchpine.

    The Dangerous Age Karin Micha��lis 1911

  • The gray sea was now blue; the white paint of the houses and fences glistened in the sun; the groves of pitchpine were brilliant green blotches spread like rugs here and there on the brown hills.

    Cap'n Warren's Wards Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • In the great bar of the Vaults a barman was craning over the pitchpine screen that secured privacy to drinkers.

    The Old Wives' Tale Arnold Bennett 1899

  • These five rooms were always reserved for guests, were built of pitchpine, and their windows gave directly on the sea.

    The Idol of Paris Sarah Bernhardt 1884

  • It was panelled with polished pitchpine, and roses peeped in at the open window.

    Recalled to Life Grant Allen 1873

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