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Definition of: sawbuck
(sô′buk′) noun
1. A rack or frame consisting of two X-shaped ends joined by a connecting bar or bars, for holding sticks of wood while they are being sawed. Compare SAW-HORSE.
2. U.S. Slang A ten-dollar bill: so called from the resemblance of X, Roman numeral ten, to the ends of a sawbuck. [Trans. of Du. zaagbok]
a. Sawbuck. b. Bucksaw. c. Sawhorse.
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