woodchopper
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- woodchopping noun
Etymology
Origin of woodchopper
Example Sentences
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It’s a counterintuitive fact that a player with the supplest shot in the NBA, whose overarching quality is feel, has the hands and work habits of a woodchopper.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2016
On her wedding night, Caroline discovers that her husband is a boor: he is "panting like a woodchopper felling young birches in the forests of Touraine."
From Time Magazine Archive
A bigger woodchopper splits up Caroline and Gaston � the French Revolution.
From Time Magazine Archive
He claims to be the champion woodchopper of the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
And there he was, the woodchopper, swinging up and swinging down again.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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