1930 G. Williams 26 Misery whip, a cross cut saw.
1977 S. Jones 14 In the case of loggers, not only do they know what a crosscut saw is.., they also know that same item as a misery whip or a Swede's fiddle.
1995 6 Sept. a11 There were Coolie Tongs and misery whips, Gilchrist jacks and pickeroos, tools I hadn't seen since my dad hand-felled spruce for Muir Brothers Saw Mill when I was the same age as my little girl.