sawbuck
/ˈsɔːbʌk/
noun
- A frame or rack used to hold wood while it is being sawed.
- We used a portable sawbuck to cut branches in the backyard.
- He set the log on the sawbuck and began cutting it into firewood.
- The carpenter built a sturdy sawbuck from scrap lumber.
- An old slang term for a ten-dollar bill.
- I found a crumpled sawbuck in my coat pocket from last winter.
- Back in the 1920s, a sawbuck could buy a nice meal and a movie ticket.
- Grandpa pulled a sawbuck from his wallet to pay for the lunch.