NOAD:
swamper - (informal, dated) 1: a laborer, esp. one employed as a general assistant to a riverboat captain.
• a worker who trims felled trees and clears a road for lumberers in a forest.
2: a native or inhabitant of a swampy region.
Webster's 3rd unabridged:
swamper - 1: an inhabitant of swamps or lowlands or one familiar with swampy terrain <a guide, fisherman, expert on plant and animal life, crack shot — in short, a real ~ —R.E. Smallman> 2 a: one that slashes a path (as for skidding or hauling logs) or who trims the limbs and large knots from felled tree trunks — called also 'busher,' 'gutterman' b: GOPHERMAN c: BULL COOK d: one that works at the log deck of a woodworking establishment to trim and cut logs for the head saw 3 a: a general assistant: HANDYMAN, HELPER <works as a farm laborer, as a ~ on a truck, as a casual laborer around town —August Hollingshead> <the ~ ... polished the brass spittoons for nothing, in exchange for the privilege of panning the sawdust in front of the bar —Klondy Nelson>; esp: a worker who performs heavy cleaning duties <a ~ was brooming the night's debris out of Groot's saloon —H.G. Evarts> b: a worker in a metal mine who helps load, haul, and unload ore and rock c: a rear brakeman
swamp rabbit - 1: a large big-headed short-furred rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) of moist lowlands in the Mississippi vally and southeastern U.S. that is closely related to but larger and darker than the cottontail — called also 'canecutter,' 'swamp hare' 2: MARSH HARE
gopherman - 1: a mine worker who extracts ore from pockets that are inaccessible to drilling machines 2: a logger who digs earth from beneath logs at the point where the skidding chain is to be placed — called also 'gopher,' 'swamper'
bull cook - [so called from his job of caring for oxen once used in logging camps]: a handyman in a camp (as of loggers); esp: one who does caretaking chores and acts as cook's helper
