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sawmen

sawmen is the plural of sawman.

Meaning of sawman

Noun

sawman (plural sawmen)

  1. A man who operates a saw, especially to cut timber.
    • […] In the very furthest part
      A clearing, lately cut, circled a sawmill,
      A little shack that buzzed until it shook,
      And breathed rankly of elm. I walked around;
      The other side was open, whence I watched
      The fat back of the sawman as he fed.1924, Mark Van Doren, “Javelins”, in Collected Poems, 1922-1938, New York: Henry Holt, pages 18–19
    Synonyms:
    sawyer

Questions about sawmen

What is sawmen the plural of?
Sawmen is the plural of sawman.

Words near sawmen in the dictionary

  1. sawmakers
  2. sawmaking
  3. sawman
  4. sawmark
  5. sawmarks
  6. sawmen
  7. sawmill
  8. sawmill gravy
  9. Sawmill Settlement
  10. sawmilled
  11. sawmiller

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