saw wood
Verb
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Verb
- (idiomatic) To snore loudly.
- 1998 Jan. 23, Diane Chang, "Monsignor Kekumano is now in heaven," Honolulu Star-Bulletin:
- Monsignor Charles Kekumano, 78, was snoring loudly in his bed. Every so often, he would stop sawing wood—and break into the delightfully mischievous grin that made him so famous.
- 2009, Elizabeth Haydon, The Dragon's Lair, ISBN 9780765347749, [http://books.google.ca/books?id=Z1J949yjKVkC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=saws-wood+OR+sawing-wood+OR+sawed-wood+subject:%22fiction%22&source=bl&ots=dqOu7hzJ9o&sig=mGi3lKTG2seeIIY6BmNC-4n-EmY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4V86UOHNC6HdyAH7uYGIBw&ved=0CFcQ6AEwBjgo#v=onepage&q=saws-wood%20OR%20sawing-wood%20OR%20sawed-wood%20subject%3A%22fiction%22&f=false p. 125 (Google preview)]:
- "You keep all of Mouse Lodge awake sawing wood every night. You're a fine one to complain about someone else snoring."
- 1998 Jan. 23, Diane Chang, "Monsignor Kekumano is now in heaven," Honolulu Star-Bulletin:
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