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- noun Plural form of
sawer .
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Examples
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Before she was married, the mama was a Marjory Daw of the Daw family, famous see-sawers.
Vignettes of San Francisco Almira Bailey
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Berry calls the lot of mouth-sawers New York sends us; and whenever the patron is out or Jack has his way, it's niver one of them I'm disgraced with.
The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson
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"But -- but -- stop a moment, dear Sir Helix; the see-sawers don't think that," argued the Tree.
The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902
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"Ask the see-sawers my value!" exclaimed the prostrate Tree, bitterly.
The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902
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It was ordained "that carpenters, joiners, bricklayers, sawers, and thatchers should not take above two shillings a day, nor any man should give more, under pain of ten shillings to taker and giver"; and "sawers" were restricted as to the price they might take for boards.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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The readers, I presume, will have felt some anxiety for me and the fate of my little craft, after the close of my last Letter; and I have the very great satisfaction of announcing to them that we escaped snags and sawers, and every other danger, and arrived here safe from the Upper
Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and conditions of the North American Indians 1841
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While the carpenters, sawers of boards, and other workmen, were employed on our quarters, I set all the others to work clearing up around our place of abode, in preparation for gardens in which to plant grain and seeds, that we might see how they would flourish, as the soil seemed to be very good.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 Samuel de Champlain 1601
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During their protest they cover themselves and hide and live in the trees to fight as long as possible against the rushing violence of the chain sawers.
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