ATDTDA (12): Mrs. Dragsaw, Vegetarian Anarchist & Restaurateur [337]

[Mark Kohut]

A dragsaw is an early power saw using a six foot steel crosscut saw to buck logs to length. Prior to the popularization of the chainsaw during the Second World War, the dragsaw was a manner of taking the hard work out of cutting wood.
    Early dragsaws were steam powered and later gasoline powered
  
  
  Pynchon likes trees...........(see Vineland, M & D)
  

David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:  It's probably what she needed to cut the meatless loaf.

On 7/6/07, Keith  wrote:
> And why would he name the proprietor of such a cheery place "Dragsaw?" Pretty funny.
>
> http://historicphotoarchive.com/caps/00021.html
>
> http://www.owwm.com/PhotoIndex/detail.asp?id=3791


       
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