Employment of carpenters is projected to grow 6 percent from 2014 to 2024, about as fast as the average for all occupations. Increased levels of new homebuilding and remodeling activity will require more carpenters.
n-count. tall tale (tall tales plural) A tall tale is a long and complicated story that is difficult to believe because most of the events it describes seem unlikely or impossible. n-count. ...the imaginative tall tales of sailors.
EDIT: According to Etymology Online, tall meaning 'exaggerated' (as in tall tale) is Amer.Eng. colloquial attested by 1846. (Now I will look to find where it is attested in 1846.) Another Edit: An additional bit of interest is that a tall tale is considered folklore, and this word (folk-lore) was very famously coined by William Thoms in 1846.