sawbuck

1
[ saw-buhk ]
/ ˈsɔˌbʌk /

noun

a sawhorse.

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Origin of sawbuck

1
1860–65, Americanism; compare Dutch zaagbok

Words nearby sawbuck

savvy, saw, Sawatch, sawbill, sawbones, sawbuck, sawbuck table, sawder, saw doctor, sawdust, sawdust trail

Definition for sawbuck (2 of 2)

sawbuck2
[ saw-buhk ]
/ ˈsɔˌbʌk /

noun Slang.

a ten-dollar bill.

Origin of sawbuck

2
1840–50, Americanism; so called from the resemblance of the Roman numeral X to the crossbars of a sawbuck1
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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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