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Adage, saw (7)

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I believe the answer is:

proverb

This clue is a double definition.

'adage' is the first definition.
(I know that adage can be written as proverb)

'saw' is the second definition.
(a saw can mean a proverb or maxim)

(Other definitions for proverb that I've seen before include "Make haste slowly, perhaps" , "Pithy saying expressing a general truth" , "Old saying, perhaps by Solomon?" , "Familiar saying" , "Saying of great truth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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