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Whipsaw   /wˈɪpsˌɔ/  /hwˈɪpsˌɔ/   Listen
Whipsaw

noun
1.
A saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people.  Synonyms: lumberman's saw, two-handed saw, two-man saw.






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"Whipsaw" Quotes from Famous Books



... newcomers the principles of prospecting and mining for gold—principles not abstruse, yet not likely to suggest themselves at first thought to men entirely ignorant of the business. Baptiste had been employed by Captain Sutter to saw lumber with a whipsaw, and had been at work for two years at a place, since called Weber, about ten miles eastward from Coloma. When he saw the diggings at the latter place, he at once said there were rich mines where he had been sawing, ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 17 • Charles Francis Horne



Words linked to "Whipsaw" :   rip off, saw, cheat, chisel, pitsaw



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