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Recent Examples of sawbuck
But try that nowadays and the guy will laugh derisively, then pick up your sawbuck between his thumb and index finger, like a piece of filth, and hand it back to you.
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Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.
—Star Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021
And just like that, two sawbucks bought you entry into the annals of Michigan golf history.
—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2019
The sawbuck, which should get its own shot of color and hit streets next spring.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2004
Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.
—Star Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021
And just like that, two sawbucks bought you entry into the annals of Michigan golf history.
—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2019
The sawbuck, which should get its own shot of color and hit streets next spring.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2004
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sawbuck
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Although the slippers looked nearly identical, a consultant for the Smithsonian analyzed slight differences in the pairs and determined that the ones that were sold on Saturday were in many of the most famous scenes of the movie.Hank Sanders, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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In Paro, hang mountaintop prayer flags and offer a prayer for loved ones.Mark Lakin, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
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The steakhouse opened in Louisville in 2001 and in, 2023 temporarily closed and reopened after a months-long and multi-million dollar renovation.Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
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Competitors have opportunities to earn scholarships worth thousands of dollars and also have the chance to receive prizes.Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
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Partly because of the Administration’s projects, the building-trades unions have added fifty thousand new members in the past year—their most significant growth since the fifties.Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Bianca seems to at least be in her thirties, which would most likely mean her aunt is in her fifties or sixties.Marah Eakin, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
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If an insurer drops a provider from its network, patients may have to find a new clinician that accepts their insurance or pay up to tens of thousands of dollars a year out of pocket for the therapy.Annie Waldman, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
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Davidson boasts coral reefs and deep-sea octopus gardens, where tens of thousands of marine animals breed and feed, including whales.Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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The official pocketed the 25 C-notes and wrote out the permit.Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
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Contrast doesn't get much better than that short of a pricey OLED panel, a noteworthy achievement for a monitor that costs less than a C-note.PCMAG, PCMAG, 31 May 2024
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Evangeline picks up an orange that one of Hank’s hillbillies drops, perhaps because in Alaska during winter that’s like finding a fiver.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2024
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Now a lot of Main Street is boarded up, even the fancy stores, although there’s no shortage of places to drop a fiver on a cup of coffee.Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2022
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After shooting the fourth-most midrange shots in 2023-24, the Bulls are now stepping behind the line and trading those long twos for smart threes — taking the third-most threes in the NBA this year (per Cleaning the Glass).Mat Issa, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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From reverses to wild and draw twos, this game is fun for family members ages seven and up.Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement The Onion offered $1.75 million in cash and other incentives for Infowars’ assets in the auction.Dave Collins, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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The same can be said for things like gifted cash for a down payment or side hustle earnings.Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Sawbuck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sawbuck. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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