woodchopper

[ wood-chop-er ]
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noun
  1. a person who chops wood, especially one who fells trees.

Origin of woodchopper

1
An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; wood1 + chopper

Other words from woodchopper

  • woodchopping, noun

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How to use woodchopper in a sentence

  • Their fathers had been woodchoppers and manzanilleros before them.

    The Wolf Cub | Patrick Casey
  • In fact, most woodchoppers prefer to make their own axe handles.

    Outdoor Sports and Games | Claude H. Miller
  • The men of Minas de la Sierra were all woodchoppers and manzanilleros—gatherers of the white-flowered manzanilla.

    The Wolf Cub | Patrick Casey
  • From the scanty forests above came no sound of woodchoppers, no steely ring of axe on pine.

    The Wolf Cub | Patrick Casey
  • Or was it only a congregation of wearied woodchoppers, or of proprietors come to inspect their lots, that we thought of?

    Excursions and Poems | Henry David Thoreau