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road-maker Lumbering, Hist.

• n. a logger employed in cutting roads and, often, in trimming branches from felled trees.

  See also: swamper (def. 1)  

  • 1891  . . . he would much rather be a chopper, or teamster, or road maker. . . .
  • 1961  The head-swamper or road-maker extended the roads into the forest as work progressed so teamsters could haul back to the roll-way.