undersawyer

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noun

A sawyer who works in a sawpit, underneath the wood being sawn.

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Meanings

nounundersawyer (plural undersawyers)

plural undersawyers

  1. A sawyer who works in a sawpit, underneath the wood being sawn.

    As he was sawing into boards a very large oak-tree, something fell from the very heart of it almost into his mouth, for poor Ebenezer was only an undersawyer.

    1872, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Clara Vaughan, volume 1, page 125

Origin

From under- + sawyer.

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APA

undersawyer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersawyer

MLA

“undersawyer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersawyer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undersawyer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersawyer.

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