be in lumber

Also the more "eyes" there are in lumber, the weaker the wood tends to be.

"I guess you know who owns all the land hereabouts, since you were in lumber."

The preservative, known as A.C.Q., is in lumber sold under the brand names Preserve and Preserve Plus.

Barry Dalston was a law unto himself and until he found alternative accommodation, as in another bird, she was in lumber and that was the strength of it.

The largest swing among any of the commodities in which the White House said she traded was in lumber futures for January 1979, where the prices ranged from $196.20 to $202 for 1,000 board feet of lumber.

They read out a complaint at perhaps, 22 Dale Street, and you would say, 'Aware of it, Sir, 'and he would turn around and say, 'What is it?' and if you didn't know, you were in lumber.

Among the top-ranking collectors who have been buying for 30 years or more are Joe D. Price, an oil heir from Oklahoma City; Mary Griggs Burke of New York, whose family was in lumber and railroading; and John Powers, a former book publisher, of Carbondale, Colo.