lumberjack
noun
lum·ber·jack
ˈləm-bər-ˌjak 
plural lumberjacks
: someone whose job is to cut down trees for wood : logger
Levi jeans became regulation wear for cowboys, railroaders, lumberjacks, oil drillers and other labourers.—
Jane Dorner
Jane Dorner… white pines live centuries—four or more—and attain massive size. The biggest grew in Pennsylvania, where lumberjacks felled at least one 200-foot specimen …—John Stilgoe
John StilgoeExamples of lumberjack in a Sentence
the sawmill gets most of its business from the lumberjacks up north
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The book’s cast includes boarding-school jocks, fetishists in full-body rubber suits, lonely lumberjacks going courting in the depths of winter.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
Plaid can be preppy, when seen in suiting, or for the lumberjack in a flannel shirt.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
The novel is also centered around a dance that the lumberjacks hold, in which some of the men volunteer to attend as women; a tradition Peters learned about through her research.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
In 1997, the lumberjack and aspiring lawyer with a thick Wisconsin accent appeared in the Boston-set season of the groundbreaking MTV reality series.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
Plaid can be preppy, when seen in suiting, or for the lumberjack in a flannel shirt.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
The novel is also centered around a dance that the lumberjacks hold, in which some of the men volunteer to attend as women; a tradition Peters learned about through her research.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
In 1997, the lumberjack and aspiring lawyer with a thick Wisconsin accent appeared in the Boston-set season of the groundbreaking MTV reality series.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lumberjack
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“Lumberjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lumberjack. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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lumberjack
noun
lum·ber·jack
ˈləm-bər-ˌjak
: logger
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