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Definition of Sawpits
1. sawpit [n] - See also: sawpit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sawpits
Literary usage of Sawpits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Londoner's Log-book, 1901-1902 by George William Erskine Russell (1903)
"Good-bye, Jack; I suppose we shall see you down at The sawpits before very long.
Good-bye, everybody." Selina: "Do get in, Robert. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: By the Right Hon by Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, John Leach, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Anthony Hart, Nicholas Simons (1839)
"... the whole range of sawpits, was 93 feet, and the breadth of it 49 feet; and
three of the cross subdivisions which separated the ..."
3. Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich County of Fairfield and State of by Spencer Percival Mead, Daniel M. Mead (1911)
"Polly Sniffin, lived on Ridge Street, sawpits, served in the War of 1812, ...
4 JEREMIAH, above referred to, was born at sawpits, now Port Chester, Jan. ..."
4. Railway Locomotives and Cars (1838)
"Time entire route from Bridgeport to sawpits would be a succession of long straight
lines, and easy curves, in no instance less timan one thousand feet ..."
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