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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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PRONUNCIATION:  bk
NOUN:1. A sawhorse or sawbuck. 2. A leather-covered frame used for gymnastic vaulting.
ETYMOLOGY:Alteration (influenced by buck1) of Dutch bok, male goat, trestle, from Middle Dutch boc.
 
 
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