lumberjack
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lumberjack
Explanation
A lumberjack is someone who cuts down trees professionally. Picture someone holding a chain saw and wearing a plaid flannel shirt and steel-toe boots, and you can picture a lumberjack. These days, lumberjack sounds pretty old-fashioned — the same job is done today, but people who do it are typically called "loggers," and they use power tools like chain saws. Lumberjacks, particularly in the 19th and early 20th century, used hand saws and axes and were famous for being ruggedly independent and physically daring. Lumberjack was coined by Canadians.
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Example Sentences
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In June, he was third overall in the Lumberjack 100 out of Port Gamble.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023
It’s not the Lumberjack Quartet, just the JACK.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2017
Northern Arizona University, in the erstwhile logging town of Flagstaff, has for decades had a mascot named Louie the Lumberjack.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 21, 2016
They performed classic sketches including the Four Yorkshiremen and the Lumberjack Song.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2014
Fire up the iron donkey, Till each rivet feels the strain, Lumberjack has had his outing And returns to camp again!
From By Trench and Trail in Song and Story by MacKay, Angus
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