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   Sawbuck (?), n.
   1. A sawhorse.
   
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   2. [Colloq., from the Roman X for ten, like the support of a sawbuck.] a ten-dollar bill; also, double sawbuck, a twenty-dollar bill.
   
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   Sawhorse (?), 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.
   
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