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单词 lumberjill
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lumberjilln.

Brit. /ˈlʌmbədʒɪl/, U.S. /ˈləmbərˌdʒɪl/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lumber n.1, jill n.
Etymology: < lumber n.1 + jill n., after lumberjack n.
A woman who fells trees, cuts them into logs, or transports them to a sawmill; a logger. Cf. lumberjack n.
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1915 Rec. Christian Work Oct. 624/1 A missionary of the American Board..has been holding evangelistic services among these Japanese lumberjacks (and ‘lumber jills’, for women are employed in some of the sawmill work).
1944 Sci. News Let. 15 Apr. 252/1 Lumberjills are replacing lumberjacks in England; strong, physically fit women from 17 to 40 years of age, after one month's training in forestry, are working in the timber and the sawmills.
2017 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 18 Aug. b1 You'll want to keep a safe distance from the Whack and Hack ax-throwing competition between lumberjill Samantha Hadley and lumberjack Nick Hastedt.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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