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lumberjack

[ luhm-ber-jak ]

noun

  1. a person who works at lumbering; lumber; lumbering; logger.
  2. Canadian. the gray jay.


lumberjack

/ ˈlʌmbəˌdʒæk /

noun

  1. (esp in North America) a person whose work involves felling trees, transporting the timber, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lumberjack1

First recorded in 1825–35; lumber 1 + jack 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lumberjack1

C19: from lumber 1+ jack 1(man)
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Example Sentences

Jim Miller once thrashed Poirier’s calves with the ferociousness of a lumberjack chopping down a tree, a pain so extreme, Poirier suffered a takedown and left the cage with a limp.

Deadfall is a particularly thorny problem, and the club’s latter-day lumberjacks head out with chain saws in tow to remove trees upward of 4 feet in diameter.

Grgich won asylum in Canada after agreeing to work as a lumberjack in British Columbia.

Clive had come here to southern Washington State when he was just sixteen, to work as a lumberjack.

Sinisa Jankovic, a lumberjack from Banjska, which is nestled in the green valleys of northern Kosovo, said he had heard heavy gunfire in the dead of night as the battle raged.

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