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buzz saw
noun
a power-operated circular saw, so named because of the noise it makes.
Origin:
1855–60,
Americanism
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buzz saw
—
n
(
US
), (
Canadian
) a power-operated circular saw
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
buzz saw
1858, Amer.Eng., from
buzz
+
saw
(n.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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