English Explanatory Dictionary

sawbuck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A framework for holding wood so that it can be sawed; a sawhorse.
  2. A ten-dollar bill.

Pronunciation

En-au-sawbuck.ogg

Word forms

sawbuck sawbucks saw buck

Etymology

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

Derived words

double sawbuck
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