lumberjack

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Etymology

lumber +‎ jack, of Canadian origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

lumberjack (plural lumberjacks)

  1. A person whose work is to fell trees.
    Synonyms: faller, feller, (contemporary) logger, lumberman, woodcutter
    • 1975 [1969], “The Lumberjack Song”, performed by Monty Python:
      He's a lumberjack and he's OK / He sleeps all night and works all day / I cut down trees, I eat my lunch / I go to the lavatory
  2. A lumberjacket.

Derived terms

Translations

lumberjacket — see lumberjacket

Verb

lumberjack (third-person singular simple present lumberjacks, present participle lumberjacking, simple past and past participle lumberjacked)

  1. (transitive) To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.
    • 2009 July 28, John Branch, “Going Way of Old Growth”, in New York Times‎:
      Many of the lumberjacking memories have faded to black and white, the brightest moments colored mostly by Jim McKay’s yellow blazer.

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