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
In 1894 he got a job as axman in one of the surveying crews working on the drainage canal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Milwaukee, Wis. Line of the Year "My Little Saw" No anti-Axis axman he, Who sawed down that cherry tree.
From Time Magazine Archive
But chief G.O.P. axman John Taber strove manfully.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Wilson was born in Bingham, Maine, in 1826, and earned his first money as an axman in the pine forests which were in that day near his native town.
From A History of the McGuffey Readers by Vail, Henry Hobart
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