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• Paul Bunyan
  Paul Bunyan

  noun

  a legendary giant lumberjack, an American folk hero.
• Bunyan, Paul
  Bunyan, Paul

  A legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada. He was accompanied by a blue ox named Babe. The stories about him resemble traditional tall tales. In one such story, the ten thousand lakes of Minnesota originated when Paul and Babe's footprints filled with water.

Paul Bunyan

American  

noun

1. a legendary giant lumberjack, an American folk hero.

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Bunyan, Paul Cultural  

1. A legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada. He was accompanied by a blue ox named Babe. The stories about him resemble traditional tall tales. In one such story, the ten thousand lakes of Minnesota originated when Paul and Babe's footprints filled with water.

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Paul Bunyan

They called him thunder in a bottle; they compared him to civil rights activist Paul Robeson — and Paul Bunyan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024

“We were very aggressive in trying to assist our members with access to the program,” said Gary Johnson, CEO of Paul Bunyan Communications, a Minnesota-based internet provider.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

His anti-arborism positions him in a great American tradition, as a mighty Paul Bunyan to Warnock’s Johnny Appleseed, a wily Once-ler to Warnock’s Lorax.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2022

Whitehead himself would never be mistaken for John Henry, who is often portrayed by artists as a black Paul Bunyan, all rippling muscles and sweat.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

I raised the rake over my head again, closed my eyes and swung it like I was Paul Bunyan chopping down a tree with one blow.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis