Handing the Frenchman a whole sabre, he reproved him soberly, as a carpenter might an apprentice caught using a plane for a ripsaw.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
He eats like a hawg, drinks like a fish, and snores like a ripsaw, so you can see there's something almost human about him.
"The Heart of the Range"
William Patterson White