lumberjack

     

A lumberjack or logger is a man who harvests lumber. The term lumberjack is somewhat archaic, having been mostly replace by logger. When lumberjack is used, it usually refers to a logger from an earlier time before the advent of chainsaws, feller-bunchers and other modern logging equipment. Other terms for the occupation include woodcutter, and the colloquial term woodhick (Pennsylvania, US).

Trivia about lumberjack

  • Monty Python famously sang, "I'm" one of these "and I'm okay, I sleep all night and I work all day"
  • Paul Bunyan, for one (10)
  • Paul Bunyan's day job
  • It's the profession he's singing about"I cut down trees /I skip and jump /I like to press wild flowers /I put on women's clothing /And hang around in bars..."