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saw-off

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noun

  1. a deadlock or stalemate

  2. a compromise

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It is like the saw-off between any two evils: when you are enduring the one you think you'd rather endure the other.

From Stranded in Arcady by Lynde, Francis

Back of Delton Bud saw another man—and after a moment he recognized him as the cowboy with the saw-off shot-gun who had warned them away from the Shooting Star.

From The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers by Hastings, Howard L. (Howard Livingston)

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