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lumberjack

[luhm-ber-jak] / ˈlʌm bərˌdʒæk /


NOUN
wood cutter
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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

The snow was flying sideways and he had no jacket, but this lumberjack did not shiver.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 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

Aiyi had followed me into my room at three in the morning, and she instantly fell asleep on one of the twin beds, snoring with the might of a lumberjack.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

The word “timberbeast” appeared for the first time in The Times yesterday, in a story about lumberjacks.

From New York Times Dec. 29, 2022

She was born and raised in this town of 11,000, a member of the Shelton High graduating class of 2006, “Home of the Highclimbers,” named after the lumberjacks when this was logging country.

From Seattle Times Nov. 3, 2022

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

The lumberjacks train the new guy To fell trees more than 20 feet high: As you chop, hear it crack, Shout “Tim-ber!”

From Washington Post Sep. 2, 2021

We had reached the edge of town, by the little gas station/grocery store where the lumberjacks had dropped us.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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