lumberjack
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lumberjack
- /ˈlʌm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk/ US
- /ˈlʌm.bə.d͡ʒæk/ UK
Where it comes from
From lumber + jack, of Canadian origin.
noun lumberjacks
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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 lavatory
Similar: faller, feller, logger, lumberman, woodcutter
- A lumberjacket.
verb lumberjacks · lumberjacking · lumberjacked
- 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.
Translations
Every language
noun person who fells trees
| Español | leñador, talador |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 나무꾼 namukkun |
| 日本語 | 樵 kikori, 木こり kikori |
| 中文 | 伐木工 fámùgōng |
| हिन्दी | लकड़हारा lakaṛhārā |
| Português | lenhador, madeireiro |
| Français | bûcheron |
| Deutsch | Holzfäller, Holzfällerin |
| Italiano | boscaiolo, tagliaboschi |
| Ελληνικά | ξυλοκόπος xylokópos |
| Română | lemnar |
| Русский | лесору́б lesorúb, дровосе́к drovosék, ва́льщик ле́са válʹščik lésa |
| Tiếng Việt | tiều phu |
| العربية | حَطَّاب ḥaṭṭāb |
| עברית | חוֹטֵב עֵצִים ẖotév 'etzím |
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title = {lumberjack},
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