lumberjack

noun, verb — 3 senses

lumberjack

noun

US /ˈlʌm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk/ · UK /ˈlʌm.bə.d͡ʒæk/

Etymology From lumber + jack, of Canadian origin.

1

A person whose work is to fell trees.

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 lavatory1975 [1969], “The Lumberjack Song”, performed by Monty Python:

2

A lumberjacket.

Derived terms: lumberjack breakfast, lumberjacket, lumberjack shirt, lumberjill, lumbersexual, urban lumberjack

lumberjack

verb

Etymology From lumber + jack, of Canadian origin.

1

To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.

Many of the lumberjacking memories have faded to black and white, the brightest moments colored mostly by Jim McKay’s yellow blazer.2009 July 28, John Branch, “Going Way of Old Growth”, in New York Times:

Related terms: lumbermill

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