boom house

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boom house (plural boom houses)

  1. Alternative form of boomhouse
    • 2004, Elizabeth Peavey, Maine & Me, →ISBN:
      He notes with some pride this prank was mild for a group of men who worked in constant danger and adds, "There is no question in my mind that you could get any of the river men back out here to run logs, probably for half the pay," he says. "River driving is just something that gets in your blood. I guess that's why I never left, even when the jobs went. And I guess that's why I've put so much work into the boom house.”