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sawbones

How many syllables in sawbones?

  2 syllables

Divide sawbones into syllables:   saw-bones
Primary syllable stress:   saw-bones
Secondary syllable stress:   saw-bones
How to pronounce sawbones:   saw-bohnz
How to say sawbones:

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