sawbuck

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#1·8h ago

A framework for holding wood so that it can be sawed; a sawhorse.

Origin: * From , . * (ten-dollar bill): From the resemblance of the Roman numeral X (ten) to a sawhorse. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·8h ago

(US, slang) A ten-dollar bill.

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