sawbuck

[ saw-buhk ]

/ ˈsɔˌbʌk /

noun

a sawhorse.

Words nearby sawbuck

saw-whet owl, saw-wort, sawatch, sawbill, sawbones, sawbuck, sawbuck table, sawder, sawdust, sawdust trail, sawdusty

Origin of sawbuck

1860–65, Americanism; compare Dutch zaagbok

Definition for sawbuck (2 of 2)

sawbuck²

[ saw-buhk ]

/ ˈsɔˌbʌk /

noun Slang.

a ten-dollar bill.

Origin of sawbuck

1840–50, Americanism; so called from the resemblance of the Roman numeral X to the crossbars of a sawbuck¹

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Examples from the Web for sawbuck

But with this sawbuck one cannot use as heavy logs as with the first one because of the difficulty in handling them.
The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft|Dan Beard
They drove a pack-horse, their supplies loaded on a sawbuck saddle with kyacks.
Oh, You Tex!|William Macleod Raine
The device is in shape much like an old-fashioned “sawbuck,” with the lower rounds between the legs omitted.
Home Pork Making|A. W. Fulton
They were travelers, not cow punchers, for the pack animal carried a sawbuck pack-saddle and a very small pack.
Jack the Young Cowboy|George Bird Grinnell

And she was still sitting as she had fallen when Jim, the Indian, came for the sawbuck.
The Madigans|Miriam Michelson

British Dictionary definitions for sawbuck

sawbuck

/ (ˈsɔːˌbʌk) /

noun

US and Canadian a sawhorse, esp one having an X-shaped supporting structure

mainly US and Canadian slang a ten-dollar bill

Word Origin for sawbuck

C19: (in the sense: sawhorse) translated from Dutch zaagbok; (in the sense: ten-dollar bill) from the legs of a sawbuck forming the Roman numeral X

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