Undersawyer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sawyer who works in a sawpit, underneath the wood being sawn.

    "As he was sawing into boards a very large oak-tree, something fell from the very heart of it almost into his mouth, for poor Ebenezer was only an undersawyer."

Example

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"As he was sawing into boards a very large oak-tree, something fell from the very heart of it almost into his mouth, for poor Ebenezer was only an undersawyer."

Etymology

From under- + sawyer.

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