mountain man
Example Sentences
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A mountain man talk talks about surviving the outdoors in an ad that stars singer Sarah McLachlan spoofing her well-known and oft mocked animal-advocacy ad that uses her song “Angel.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2023
He was born in Lewisburg but grew up in Charleston and lightly refers to himself as a mountain man and a hillbilly.
From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2021
During the pandemic, he has traded his Washington-based policy wonk look with a trimmed beard and buzzed hair for a shaggier and scruffier look to fit a Colorado mountain man.
From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2021
An 1830s loner leaves civilization for the Rockies and learns from a hermit how to be a mountain man.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2020
“Bryson, you old mountain man, you’re a welcome sight. Where have you been?”
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
