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  • noun US A construction toy consisting of miniature, notched logs from which log cabins and similar buildings may be made.

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Examples

  • This was several years before I started drumming for real, although I was already teaching myself, using Lincoln Logs as sticks on coffee cans with plastic lids.

    Ruth Gerson: Dennis Diken: The Roots of Jersey Rock Ruth Gerson 2011

  • This was several years before I started drumming for real, although I was already teaching myself, using Lincoln Logs as sticks on coffee cans with plastic lids.

    Ruth Gerson: Dennis Diken: The Roots of Jersey Rock Ruth Gerson 2011

  • He would speak at length about a new, epic body of conceptual work he was focused on which wove together Sammy Davis' glass eye and John Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright's son and the inventor of Lincoln Logs.

    Gordy Grundy: A Definition of Success in the Fine Arts Gordy Grundy 2011

  • But I discovered that if you have a blob of clay and some Lincoln Logs, you can make your own toy rifle.

    The Heady Thrill of Having Nothing to Do Scott Adams 2011

  • Sitting at the bottom crevice of the third-from-the-bottom cardboard box in the basement, next to the Power Rangers lunchboxes and the Lincoln Logs; the Lincoln Logs you thought was a Tootsie Roll once and had to go to the ER for, remember?

    Oh, You Silly, Silly Putty Matt Kang 2011

  • Lincoln Logs, Erector sets (easy play bucket), Legos, Duplo blocks, Tinker Toys (junior edition), and other building toys support fine-motor skills and imaginations.

    Testing for Kindergarten Karen Quinn 2010

  • Lincoln Logs, Erector sets (easy play bucket), Legos, Duplo blocks, Tinker Toys (junior edition), and other building toys support fine-motor skills and imaginations.

    Testing for Kindergarten Karen Quinn 2010

  • Lincoln Logs, Erector sets (easy play bucket), Legos, Duplo blocks, Tinker Toys (junior edition), and other building toys support fine-motor skills and imaginations.

    Testing for Kindergarten Karen Quinn 2010

  • Best line from his bio: As a child growing up in a large Italian family, Nicolas was obsessed with MacGyver, Lego's, Lincoln Logs and any sort of toys that required constructing and being creative.

    Una LaMarche: Meet The Project Runway Season 8 Contestants 2010

  • Lincoln Logs, Erector sets (easy play bucket), Legos, Duplo blocks, Tinker Toys (junior edition), and other building toys support fine-motor skills and imaginations.

    Testing for Kindergarten Karen Quinn 2010

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