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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

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

Online amateur sleuths, who had taken it upon themselves to investigate, thought that in the former lumberjack they had found their man.

From BBC Jul. 12, 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

They still had Bryce Harper and his merry band of fastball-destroying lumberjacks.

From Washington Post Oct. 22, 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 and environmentalists love me equally, but a problem arises when a group of lesser scientists spread the rumor that the leaves of my trees cause cancer in laboratory animals.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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