sawbuck
pronunciation
How to pronounce sawbuck in British English:
UK ['sɔ:ˌbʌk]
How to pronounce sawbuck in American English:
US ['sɔˌbʌk]
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- Noun:
- a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
Word Origin
- sawbuck (n.)
- "ten-dollar bill," American English slang, 1850, from resemblance of X (Roman numeral 10) to the ends of a sawhorse. Sawbuck in the sense of "sawhorse" is attested only from 1862 but presumably is older (see saw (n.1)).
Example
- 1. Sawbuck says it built the app partly because it hopes that if a user likes it , he or she will one day use one of its agents .
- 2. This feat of digital magic , which works all over the country , is performed by a new , free app called homesnap , from a washington , d.c. , online real-estate firm , sawbuck realty .