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A man who chops down trees for a living, and flannel for a lifestyle.
means A person whose job is felling trees and processing timber, typically in logging camps in forested regions.
from A straightforward American-English compound from 'lumber' (felled timber, itself from a word that originally meant junk or unused heavy goods, like a 'lumber room') plus 'jack,' the old generic term for a workman or fellow (as in 'lumberjack,' 'steeplejack,' or just 'every man jack'). It emerged in the 19th century alongside North America's booming logging industry, naming the men who cut and hauled timber out of the woods.
- name origin
- from lumber plus jack, generic term for laborer
- peak era
- 19th century North American logging boom
- sport spinoff
- log rolling and axe throwing became competitive events
- myth vs reality
- paul bunyan is fictional, the flannel is real