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wood

noun C2
  1. A peckerwood. (US, slang)

Plural woods

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The tree made a good, thick covering to protect them from the dew, and the Tin Woodman chopped a great pile of wood with his axe and Dorothy built a splendid fire that warmed her and made her feel less lonely.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 37 · B2
At nightfall they took shelter in a thick wood.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 75 · B2
“I was born the son of a woodman who chopped down trees in the forest and sold the wood for a living.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 28 · B2
When I grew up, I too became a wood-chopper, and after my father died I took care of my old mother as long as she lived.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 28 · B2

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