sawhorse

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But she's a girl now, and the sweetest, loveliest girl in all the world A sawhorse is a thing they saw boards on," remarked Jim, with a sniff It is when it's not alive," acknowledged the girl.

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  1. noun A frame with legs, used to support pieces of wood being sawed.

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  • Bobby double-parked his Crown Vic just outside a blue sawhorse, jumped out the door, and jogged around to his trunk. —  The Next Accident by Lisa Gardner
  • Zach swung the saddle over a sawhorse, then dropped the blanket over the top rail of a stall. —  Jackson, Lisa - See How she dies 2
  • A couple of T-shirts and a pair of jockey shorts were spread out to dry on a nearby sawhorse, and I realized the ferry operator must live in the makeshift structure. —  Muller, Marcia - [McCone 08] Eye of the Storm UC FR.htm
  • A sawhorse is brought to life but cannot follow commands until ears are built for it. —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 01 - January 2003
  • I believe her body was tied to something—a Department of Transportation sawhorse, maybe—while the vehicle crashed into her. —  Paradise Lost
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/ˈsɔhɔrs/
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