"wood hewer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wood hewers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wood hewer (plural wood hewers)
  1. Alternative form of wood-hewer Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wood-hewer
    Sense id: en-wood_hewer-en-noun-Lw0HFXot Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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