lumberjack
noun
lum·ber·jack
ˈləm-bər-ˌjak 
plural lumberjacks
: someone whose job is to cut down trees for wood : logger
Levi jeans became regulation wear for cowboys, railroaders, lumberjacks, oil drillers and other labourers.—
Jane Dorner
Jane Dorner… white pines live centuries—four or more—and attain massive size. The biggest grew in Pennsylvania, where lumberjacks felled at least one 200-foot specimen …—John Stilgoe
John Stilgoe
Examples of lumberjack in a Sentence
the sawmill gets most of its business from the lumberjacks up north
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The lumberjack unscrews the lock to a new trailer parked on his land.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
The lumberjack and his faithful companion can be found at Castle Rock in St. Ignace just north of the bridge.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2024
For 17 years, residents looked forward to the annual three-day Johnny Appleseed Festival, when thousands of visitors would cram into town to watch professional lumberjack, horse, tractor, cornhole and pie-baking competitions.
—Tim Craig, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
The pivot prompted surprise and sarcasm among listeners who smelled a cheap rebrand after a hiatus Timberlake partially spent producing the soundtrack for Trolls, and his newfound lumberjack aesthetic launched a million jabs about trying to have a Mumford & Sons era.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
The lumberjack and his faithful companion can be found at Castle Rock in St. Ignace just north of the bridge.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2024
For 17 years, residents looked forward to the annual three-day Johnny Appleseed Festival, when thousands of visitors would cram into town to watch professional lumberjack, horse, tractor, cornhole and pie-baking competitions.
—Tim Craig, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
The pivot prompted surprise and sarcasm among listeners who smelled a cheap rebrand after a hiatus Timberlake partially spent producing the soundtrack for Trolls, and his newfound lumberjack aesthetic launched a million jabs about trying to have a Mumford & Sons era.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
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lumberjack
noun
lum·ber·jack
ˈləm-bər-ˌjak
: logger
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