as in lumberman
a person whose job is to cut down trees the sawmill gets most of its business from the lumberjacks up north

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Recent Examples on the Web Other highlights include the Ice Cream Social, 5 p.m. Thursday at the Washington County Historic Courthouse; Lumberjack Days Derby, 2 p.m. Friday down the Second Street Hill near Pioneer Park; and lumberjack demonstrations, medallion hunt, games, rides, log rolling and a pancake breakfast. Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 17 July 2024 The lumberjack unscrews the lock to a new trailer parked on his land. Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024 The lumberjack and his faithful companion can be found at Castle Rock in St. Ignace just north of the bridge. Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2024 For 17 years, residents looked forward to the annual three-day Johnny Appleseed Festival, when thousands of visitors would cram into town to watch professional lumberjack, horse, tractor, cornhole and pie-baking competitions. Tim Craig, Washington Post, 23 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for lumberjack 

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“Lumberjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumberjack. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.

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