saw

saw
 n.— «Brooker manned the .50-caliber machine gun while Sgt. Patrick Hock of Port Orchard operated the M249s, also known as “saws.”» —“Assertive driving is road to survival for Humvees” by Adam Lynn in Balad, Iraq News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) July 6, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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Blessing Box (episode #1613)

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