log cabin
noun/ˌlɒɡ ˈkæbɪn/
/ˌlɔːɡ ˈkæbɪn/
- a small house built of logsCultureLog cabins were common in the frontier parts of America (= at the extreme limits of settled land) from the 17th century. President Abraham Lincoln was born in one in Kentucky. Many later politicians also claimed that they had been born in log cabins in order to persuade people that they came from poor, ordinary families and had become successful by hard work.Topics Houses and homesc2
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