Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sawbuck"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sawhorse \Saw"horse`\, n.
A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on
which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called
also {buck}, and {sawbuck}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sawbuck \Saw"buck`\, n.
A sawhorse.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sawbuck
n : a framework for holding wood that is being sawed [syn: {sawhorse},
{horse}, {buck}]
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