handsaw
Americannoun
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handsaws
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of handsaw
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at hand, saw 1
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Adams uses a handsaw or occasionally a hatchet; volunteers aren’t allowed to use power tools or poisons.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
Wielding a folding handsaw, 75-year-old Bob Smith clambered through tangled undergrowth to prune trees bearing bright red beans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2021
Expecting to work as a bartender, Mr. Jacomo ended up building some of the restaurant’s booths with plywood and a handsaw.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2020
You know, one of the images I found, actually, in early South Carolina was a white guy and a black guy working on opposite ends of the same handsaw, you know.
From Slate ● May 18, 2015
Lolo and I built these planters—my first time using a handsaw.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
Old handsaws and other tools make for great background elements.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
The avalanche carnage in East Snowmass Creek is within the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, so handsaws must be used.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2020
His aggressive and beautiful paintings feature heads and bodies spinning in and floating among lamps and houses, plants and handsaws.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2020
A large rack of handsaws hung on one wall.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2018
The street resonated with the wheeze of handsaws.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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