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sawbuck

saw·buck [ sáw bùk ] (plural saw·bucks)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. construction 
Same as  sawhorse


2. 10 dollars: a ten-dollar bill ( slang )

[Mid-19th century. < Dutch zaagbok; in sense 2, from the resemblance between the X-shaped end of a sawhorse and the Roman numeral for "ten"]
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