LUMBERJACK
(also see LOGGING)
NOUNS
1969 — BLANKET FEVER refers to the condition of a lumberjack who stays in bed in the morning after the other men are up; usually a lazy lumberjack → Amer. lumberjack usage
1969 — BLANKET HOIST a punishment as well as a game; if a lumberjack got out of place, others would put him in a blanket, get hold of the sides of the blanket, and hoist him in the air a few times → Amer. lumberjack usage
NOUNS – PERSON
1900 — JACK a lumberjack → Amer. dial.
1916 — TIMBER BEAST a lumberjack or logger; rarely, a lumber-mill worker → Amer. dial.
1924 — SHANTYMAN a lumberjack → chiefly N. Amer.
1926 — TIMBER WOLF a lumberjack or logger; rarely, a lumber-mill worker → Amer. dial.
1968 — BEAR FIGHTER in lumbering: the man who separates strips from boards in a sawmill → Amer. dial.
1969 — BELL OX the camp foreman → Amer. lumberjacks’ usage
1972 — MISS PICKUPSTICKS a homosexual lumberjack → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1975 — SAWDUST EATER a lumberjack → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1975 — WOOD-HEAD a lumberjack → Amer. hobo sl. (Bk.)
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