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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: bushwhacker (19-21 centuries), perhaps from Dutch boschwachter 'forest-guard'

bushwhack

 verb
     
bush‧whack [intransitive and transitive]
to push or cut your way through thick trees or bushes
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