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lumbermen

  • plural
    of lumberman.
    lumberman
    noun
    a person who deals in lumber.

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In this once working-class city of lumbermen and Boeing machinists, the median home price is now $535,000, a 19 percent increase since March 2014, and bidding wars are common.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2015

Local trade and craft guilds, from lumbermen to haberdashers, marked territory and sharpened rivalries.

From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2013

As far back as the turn of the century enlightened lumbermen talked of timber as a steady crop instead of something to be mined like gold.

From Time Magazine Archive

But what is laudable in Eugene is anathema to the lumbermen in the rest of the district.

From Time Magazine Archive

Callow had been a logger in his younger years, and like most lumbermen he believed that cedar was only good for making shakes and shingles.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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