SAWBUCK


Meaning of SAWBUCK in English

sawbuck 1

/saw"buk'/ , n.

a sawhorse.

[ 1860-65, Amer.; cf. D zaagbok ]

sawbuck 2

/saw"buk'/ , n. Slang.

a ten-dollar bill.

[ 1840-50, Amer.; so called from the resemblance of the Roman numeral X to the crossbars of a SAWBUCK 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .