lumberman
AmericanGender
See -man.
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Origin of lumberman
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A salesman pulls out all the stops in a last-ditch effort to sell his latest tractor to an old-fashioned lumberman.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2020
Her father, Joshua Coleman, had farmed and worked as a lumberman, and, in the 1930s, was employed at the local upmarket resort, the Greenbrier.
From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2020
They unanimously agreed it should be Joey Webber, 37, a gregarious, dynamic lumberman by trade hailing from the Oregon town of Philomath.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2017
Born in Harrison, Ark., on May 4, 1922, he was the son of Arthur Hammerschmidt, a lumberman, and the former Junie Taylor, a homemaker.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2015
Suckers grow up about the stump of a tree the lumberman has taken, or the lightning has stricken.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
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