"sawbuck" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-sawbuck.ogg Forms: sawbucks [plural]
Etymology: * From saw + buck, calque of Dutch zaagbok. * (ten-dollar bill): From the resemblance of the Roman numeral X (ten) to a sawhorse. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|saw|buck}} saw + buck, {{calque|en|nl|zaagbok|nocap=1}} calque of Dutch zaagbok, {{sense|ten-dollar bill}} (ten-dollar bill): Head templates: {{en-noun}} sawbuck (plural sawbucks)
  1. A framework for holding wood so that it can be sawed; a sawhorse. Translations (a framework for holding wood so that it can be sawed): магаре (magare) [neuter] (Bulgarian), sahapukki (Finnish), магарица (magarica) [feminine] (Macedonian), capră [feminine] (Romanian), ко́злы (kózly) [plural] (Russian), sågbock [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sawbuck-en-noun-n-R1zK-7 Disambiguation of 'a framework for holding wood so that it can be sawed': 100 0
  2. (US, slang) A ten-dollar bill. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Woodworking Translations (a ten-dollar bill): банкнота от десет долара (banknota ot deset dolara) (Bulgarian), kymppi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sawbuck-en-noun-zpRiIat1 Disambiguation of Woodworking: 19 81 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of 'a ten-dollar bill': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: saw buck Derived forms: double sawbuck

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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