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  • noun Plural form of woodsman.

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Examples

  • The woodsmen were a race of giants beside the narrow-shouldered, flat-chested pygmies who toiled in the mills.

    Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret Annie Roe Carr

  • Half a dozen so-called woodsmen up here have tried their hand at it, too.

    Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower

  • First one way and then another they rushed, to be met always by the same blast of death, until finding at last some gap in the attack they streamed through, like sheep through a broken fence, and rushed madly away through the forest, with the bullets of their pursuers still singing about their ears, until the whistle sounded again to recall the woodsmen from the chase.

    The Refugees Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • Some bad, crafty, light-steppin 'woodsmen' round heah, Jean ....

    To the Last Man Zane Grey 1905

  • Jenkins, experienced "woodsmen;" and two Indian guides, Barnaby Currin and John McQuire.

    From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services 1859

  • Then again, it may have had more to do with the way Brandon was protecting her, his eyes burning with a hunger that had very little to do with grandmothers or woodsmen.

    Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011

  • Then again, it may have had more to do with the way Brandon was protecting her, his eyes burning with a hunger that had very little to do with grandmothers or woodsmen.

    Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011

  • Rudko's soft-spoken firmness makes Morgan a deeply appealing figure, and Badger and Morf - what a great pair of names - infuse the young woodsmen with boyish brio.

    'Cymbeline': A fairy tale without magic Peter Marks 2011

  • The reason for the bad conduct was “the talk of the country people, ever since our arrival in America—the woodsmen and Indian traders, who were continually telling the soldiers, that if they attempted to fight Indians in a regular manner, they would certainly be defeated.”

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • So … the mortal enemies of a clown are chefs, woodsmen and builders?

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Another “56 Zombies” update 2009

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