Meanings
plural lumberjills
- rareA female lumberjack.
She even felt guilty about the fact that she rather liked this idea of being a lumberjill.
2010, Lilian Harry, PS I Love You2 more examples
The Paula Bunyans have permits to cut an area of ponderosa pines for spinning logs on the water with their feet, their lumberjill training for the Lumberjack World Championship.
2006, Sage Sweetwater, From The Convent To The Rawhide, page 80A world champion lumberjill (as opposed to lumberjack), she can chop, saw, and roll logs with the best of them, ...
2007, Andrew Vietze, Insiders' Guide to the Maine Coast, Globe Pequot, page 189
Origin
Blend of lumberjack + Jill.
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