sawbuck



double saw(buck)

and double and dub
n. a twenty-dollar bill. (see also sawbuck.) This whole thing only cost a double sawbuck. Can you loan me a dub?
See also: double, sawbuck

sawbuck

n. a ten-dollar bill. (From the time when the 10 was indicated by the Roman numeral X (10), which looks like the crosspiece that supports wood that is being sawed.) It cost me a sawbuck to have my car pulled out of the mud.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tuvya-Hebrew
Celinoche-LEE-no (Italian), the-LEE-no (Spanish), se-LEE-no (Latin American Spanish)Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Yannic-Breton, French
Bistra-Bulgarian, Macedonian
HernÁNer-NAHNSpanish
Jiang-Chinese