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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Tracing Josiah’s trajectory from lumberjack to shipyard riveter to ambitious serviceman, Wang offers a protagonist of unflappable morality and decency.
—The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Miller explores Minnesota’s history through his music, featuring songs from lumberjacks, Great Lakes sailors, railroad workers, and farmers.
—Jacqueline Devine, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
From the moment his sketch of a laughing lumberjack was featured in the Spring 1957 issue of Physique Pictorial, his drawings cast an outsize, phallic shadow on all other erotica; his influence burst past the gay community, spilling into the mainstream and culminating in a 2017 biopic.
—Chris Erik Thomas, Them, 10 Feb. 2025
Million is a burly former lumberjack from Weaverville.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
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The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Miller explores Minnesota’s history through his music, featuring songs from lumberjacks, Great Lakes sailors, railroad workers, and farmers.
—Jacqueline Devine, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
From the moment his sketch of a laughing lumberjack was featured in the Spring 1957 issue of Physique Pictorial, his drawings cast an outsize, phallic shadow on all other erotica; his influence burst past the gay community, spilling into the mainstream and culminating in a 2017 biopic.
—Chris Erik Thomas, Them, 10 Feb. 2025
Million is a burly former lumberjack from Weaverville.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Lumberjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lumberjack. Accessed 7 Mar. 2025.
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lumberjack
noun
lum·ber·jack
ˈləm-bər-ˌjak
: logger
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