Sawman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sawman is a noun meaning A man who operates a saw, especially to cut timber.
Meaning
A man who operates a saw, especially to cut timber.
Example Sentences
Early in the century, Momma […] sold lunches to the sawmen in the lumberyard […] and the seedmen at the cotton gin […]
A good sawman can take out eight cords a day, but Frank, driven by the knot of Jackson anger and wildness that drove all his people, could do more.
[…] 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.
Word Forms
- sawmen
Synonyms for sawman
Depending on context, synonyms include sawyer.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include woodsawyer, sawyer, sawmaker, sawer, undersawyer, sawmiller.
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