as in lumberman
a person whose job is to cut down trees the sawmill gets most of its business from the lumberjacks up north

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Recent Examples of lumberjack In the titular novel, restless lumberjacks plan a dance under the condition that some of them will attend as women. Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025 And then Stag Dance, the main story in the book, is completely written in this weird lumberjack slang. Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025 The book’s cast includes boarding-school jocks, fetishists in full-body rubber suits, lonely lumberjacks going courting in the depths of winter. Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025 Plaid can be preppy, when seen in suiting, or for the lumberjack in a flannel shirt. Christina Holevas, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lumberjack
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Noun
  • In 1960, a lumberman from North Carolina, Jack Taylor, bought the ranch and closed access to the residents of the valley with land grant rights.
    Elise Schmelzer, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
  • In 1960, a lumberman from North Carolina, Jack Taylor, bought the ranch and closed access to the residents of the valley with land grant rights.
    Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 5 May 2024
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  • The venture began by selling boots to loggers and has since expanded to offer a range of sneakers for adults and kids.
    Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
  • For example, loggers, musicians and workers in the oil and gas industries have much higher rates of suicide than the rest of the population.
    Taylor Cox, The Conversation, 5 May 2025

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“Lumberjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumberjack. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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