What does sawman mean?
Sawman means A man who operates a saw, especially to cut timber..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
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.
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.
Use sawman when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sawman means A man who operates a saw, especially to cut timber..
Common synonyms include sawyer.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] 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.
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