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There's "deal" in Homage to Sextus Propertius:
 
And who would have known the towers pulled down by a deal-wood horse.
 
"Deal" is wood of pine or fir.
 
Tim Romano
 
 
Joseph M. Finnerty inquired:
 
> ....  One thing led to another, and I now have the below
> inquiry about Pound's use of the word, deal (as in cheap wooden
furniture),
> in a poem.  Can anyone recall in which (if any) of his poems Pound used
this
> word?
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