lumberman

Example Sentences

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Her father, Joshua Coleman, had farmed and worked as a lumberman, and, in the 1930s, was employed at the local upmarket resort, the Greenbrier.

From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2020

They unanimously agreed it should be Joey Webber, 37, a gregarious, dynamic lumberman by trade hailing from the Oregon town of Philomath.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2017

And the street where 9-year-old George Weyerhaeuser, son of a prominent lumberman, was kidnapped in 1935.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2016

Born in Harrison, Ark., on May 4, 1922, he was the son of Arthur Hammerschmidt, a lumberman, and the former Junie Taylor, a homemaker.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2015

The deplorable destruction of the dogwoods comes not so much from the lumberman as from the irresponsible people who tear the trees to pieces in blossoming time.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen