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woodchopper

American  
[wood-chop-er] / ˈwʊdˌtʃɒp ər /

noun

  1. a person who chops wood, especially one who fells trees.


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Etymology

Origin of woodchopper

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; wood 1 + chopper

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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

In St. Johnsbury, Vt., Henry Placey, a woodchopper, finally saw his first "talkie," walked out on it after 15 minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unlike Schmeling, Uzcudun, a Basque woodchopper who wore shoes for the first time at the age of 24, is almost always noisy.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

And there he was, the woodchopper, swinging up and swinging down again.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

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