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Bunyanesque

[buhn-yuh-nesk] / ˌbʌn jəˈnɛsk /


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Mair, Foster Bodorff and three other local tree cognoscenti formed a semicircle around Van Pelt’s Paul Bunyanesque figure, with a bushy beard once bright red turned white.

From Seattle Times Sep. 1, 2023

It’s a Bunyanesque tale, except for the fact that it’s true.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2023

There have been others, several in fact, since Daly emerged with his Paul Bunyanesque victory at the 1991 PGA Championship at Crooked Stick.

From Golf Digest May 2, 2016

Mr. Lagerfeld, now in his 70s, cuts a Bunyanesque figure in fashion.

From New York Times Dec. 14, 2013

The Dubois area was once the largest railroad-tie-producing region in the U.S., and Burch Center director Sharon Kahin will take visitors to camps once inhabited by Bunyanesque Scandinavian immigrants who hand-hewed ties with razor-sharp precision.

From Time Magazine Archive




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