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lumberjack

[luhm-ber-jak] / ˈlʌm bərˌdʒæk /


NOUN
wood cutter
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He was the genuine artifact, the son of an impoverished Minnesota miner; a lumberjack and a steelworker in his youth.

From Slate Sep. 18, 2026

The number of female competitors in lumberjack sports has more than trebled in the past 30 years, according to Samantha LaSalle, event director of the Lumberjack World Championships.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

After ogling old cars, lean into nostalgia in the Meadow Gold District, dotted with retro shops and “muffler men,” giant fiberglass statues of a lumberjack, a cowboy and more.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 20, 2025

Duffy, a former Republican congressman and Fox Business anchor, is also a former world champion lumberjack speed climber and cast member of “The Real World: Boston.”

From Salon Oct. 27, 2025

“Well, I can’t be a lumberjack, Ma. I got this dead tree of my own.”

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

The issues that concern city dwellers and country folk are as different from each other as lawyers and lumberjacks.

From Washington Post Jan. 20, 2023

Dinner: Impossible Robert Irvine is in the forests near Mackinaw City, Mich., to create a Paul Bunyan-sized dinner for 50 lumberjacks and a dish for timber show guests.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 19, 2021

His second book, “The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All,” told from the perspective of a 99-year-old man who is among the last of the lumberjacks in an Idaho timber town, comes out Sept. 7.

From New York Times Aug. 27, 2021

Whimsical dinos, garden gnomes and lumberjacks dress your houseplants, making them fun and fancy.

From Seattle Times Nov. 18, 2020

They even saw a little goblin village in one valley, with lumberjacks hauling huge trees through on wagons.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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