单词 | meat saw |
释义 | > as lemmasmeat saw meat saw n. ΚΠ 1862 N.Y. Herald 8 July 1/5 By sawing down with a meat saw a quite good sized tree, they procured a boat and started in search of freedom. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1416/2 Meat-saw, a saw with a thin blade strained in an iron frame, used by butchers. 1921 H. Williamson Beautiful Years 48 Jack was attempting to separate with a rusty meat-saw the seasoned branch of an ash tree into sections of a size convenient for burning as logs. 1986 L. Erdrich Beet Queen i. 19 I heard the rhythmical whine of meat saws, slicers, the rippling beat of fans. 1996 P. Attanasio Donnie Brasco (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 113 (stage direct.) An array of knives—breaking knives, steak knives, boning knives, meat saw, shears. < as lemmas |
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