woodchopper
Americannoun
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Origin of woodchopper
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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
He has the hands of a woodchopper and yet people think he is a great pianist.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pauline Uzcudun, sister of Paulino, is also a Basque woodchopper and weighs 220 Ib.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nobody seriously expected much of Uzcudun, the 34-year-old Basque woodchopper whom Carnera had defeated three years ago.
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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