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double sawbucks

double sawbucks is the plural of double sawbuck.

Meaning of double sawbuck

Noun

double sawbuck (plural double sawbucks)

  1. (US, slang) Twenty dollars; a twenty-dollar bill.
    • I got five double sawbucks out of my wallet and dropped them in front of him.1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 14
  2. (US, slang) A twenty-year prison sentence.

Questions about double sawbucks

What is double sawbucks the plural of?
Double sawbucks is the plural of double sawbuck.

Words near double sawbucks in the dictionary

  1. double S
  2. double S's
  3. double salt
  4. double salts
  5. double sawbuck
  6. double sawbucks
  7. double science
  8. double scull
  9. double sculls
  10. double seat
  11. double sensation

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