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Sawbuck

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A framework for holding wood so that it can be sawed; a sawhorse.
  2. 2
    a framework for holding wood that is being sawed wordnet
  3. 3
    A ten-dollar bill. US, slang

Etymology

* From saw + buck, calque of Dutch zaagbok. * (ten-dollar bill): From the resemblance of the Roman numeral X (ten) to a sawhorse.

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