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hot pond

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

a heated log pon

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Speaker: Well I was there for two winters. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: But ah on the second winter I graduated up to working in the saw mill. Interviewer: Wow. Speaker: Yeah. And ah what they called ah- they had a hot pond, that was water in a large pond- Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: Outside of the mill. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: And they ah l-- logs would roll into that pond then you'd bring your lo-- the log over to what they called a jack ladder.

A heated log pond

Speaker: Barry Picard, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 85, Interview: 2011, Kirkland Lake