hacksaw
noun
a saw for cutting metal, consisting typically of a narrow, fine-toothed blade fixed in a frame.
hacksaws
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pluralof hacksaw.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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When the Browns played their final game at Municipal Stadium, fans in the Dawg Pound dismantled their wooden bleacher seats with wrenches and hacksaws.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2018
In order to find them, cops strapped on Hurst hydraulic rescue tools, hacksaws, axes, pry bars, sledgehammers, and hundreds of feet of rope.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2016
The hacksaws were hidden in frozen hamburger — Mr. Matt told guards it was for goulash — and transported in an envelope that also contained tubes of paint.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2015
The boards were used to hide currency of the enemy country, silk maps and minute files and hacksaws.
From Forbes ● Oct. 10, 2011
Mostly things like hacksaws and an electric drill, and a circular scar where a blowtorch had been sitting.
From Highways in Hiding by George Oliver Smith
