axman
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Origin of axman
Example Sentences
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Not far from Mr. Petty’s right side was his right-hand man, guitarist Mike Campbell, sporting a black leather jacket and a top hat worth of fellow axman Slash.
From Washington Times • Jul. 2, 2017
At week's end, even the G.O.P.'s most ardent axman, New York's John Taber, conceded that there might be something in OIC, after all.
From Time Magazine Archive
The man who knows most about this problem in the U.S. is WPB's Civilian Supply boss, small, able Joseph L. Weiner, who is no Washington axman bureaucrat.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the heat of the competition, the axman came perilously close to clipping the sawman.
From Time Magazine Archive
There's no reason in the wide world why you shouldn't make a good axman, perhaps even better than any of us.
From Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad or, Camping at Raccoon Lodge by Douglas, Alan
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