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sawbuck

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sawbuck


n[C]AmE old-fashioned informal
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: sawbuck 'sawhorse' (19-20 centuries), from Dutch zaagbok; probably because the end of some types of sawhorse looks like a Roman number X (= 10)]
a piece of paper money worth $10