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sawbuck noun. US. M19.
[Dutch zaagbok, formed as SAW noun1 + BUCK noun1. Cf. BUCK noun7.]
A saw-horse. Cf. BUCK noun7 1. M19.
b. More fully sawbuck pack-saddle, sawbuck saddle. A pack-saddle shaped like a saw-horse. L19.
[With allus. to the X-shaped ends of a saw-horse.] Ten dollars; a ten-dollar note. Also, a ten-year prison sentence. slang. M19.