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hacksaw

Or hack saw

[hak-saw]

noun

  1. a saw see for cutting metal, consisting typically of a narrow, fine-toothed blade fixed in a frame.



hacksaw

/ ˈæˌɔː /

noun

  1. a handsaw for cutting metal, with a hard-steel blade in a frame under tension

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to cut with a hacksaw

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hacksaw1

First recorded in 1645–55; hack 1 + saw 1
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Example Sentences

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He helped steal hacksaw blades from the prison's electric shop to cut the prison bars in the basement kitchen.

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A skeleton crew of editors needed to take a hacksaw through the December issue of Artforum magazine.

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“And we’ll find someone to smuggle us a hacksaw blade in a pie,” Parr added, “so we can get you out.”

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Investigators have not found her body — but they say they have found evidence, including 10 garbage bags with bloodstained items, a hacksaw, a hatchet, cleaning supplies and cutting shears.

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Assistant Norfolk District Attorney Lynn Beland said investigators had also recovered 10 garbage bags containing bloodstained items, cleaning supplies, a hacksaw, a hatchet and cutting shears.

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