lumberjill
n.— «At Northland College in Wisconsin, the teams are known as the Lumberjacks and the Lumberjills.» —“The Gobblers’ Last Stand” by Ira Berkow New York Times Nov. 23, 1984. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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