Definition of "sawbuck" []

• A sawhorse, especially one having a crossed pair of legs at each end. (noun)
• Slang A ten-dollar bill. (noun)

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• "Asking a cab driver to break a sawbuck is impossible, requiring a swing past the neighbourhood where sidewalk money-changers do their business."
• "The rest of us had to make shift as we could, and I rigged up a "sawbuck" pack-saddle, with rope loops for stirrups and a blanket across it to sit on."
• "Hyphen added to 'sawbuck' to ensure consistency with other uses"