woodchopper
- noun
- /ˈwʊdˌtʃɑːpər/
- Number one on the divan program, is the case of Alwah, the woodchopper against Wapu the barber.
Examples
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But of those four woodchoppers, he finds... not a trace.
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Great keeper of all justice, this miserable woodchopper, he pays my barbershop a visit.
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It would seem that every ballerina and woodchopper who visited Mexico published their impressions.
Academic text (1990) -
That's what some retailers are saying with Mr. Beaver Woodchopper Kits selling out in droves.
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He observed a local woodchopper and marveled at the man's intimacy with his surroundings.
Academic text (2004) -
He said... Agha, have this overly smart barber shave the woodchopper's friend.
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Then, when the ring is pulled, they all come to life: the woodchopper lifts his axe, the shoemaker turns his head, the bucket winds out of the well, the young girl throws open the shutters and looks down, and the workman lifts his cap.
Fiction book (1997) -
The woodchopper worked diligently, stacking the freshly cut logs in neat rows.
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Every winter, the woodchopper spends weekends in the forest to gather firewood for his family.
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During the festival, the woodchopper demonstrated his skills by chopping large pieces of wood swiftly.
Synonyms
A person who cuts down trees for wood
A person who cuts down trees and prepares wood
A person who cuts down trees and chops them into logs
A person who cuts down trees and prepares wood for building
A person who cuts down trees in forests and moves the wood
A person who chops wood with an axe
A person who uses an axe to cut wood
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word woodchopper is made of the simple parts wood ('wood') and chop ('to cut'), with -er ('one who does'). So a woodchopper is simply someone who cuts or splits wood, like a person with an axe preparing firewood.