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gunny sack

noun

Definitions

  1. A sack made from burlap, used for agricultural produce.

    • “… Tony, there are some old, empty gunny sacks—the only dry thing on Bogus tonight. … They'll do to make a bed for the baby in the wood-box, …”
    • He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack / Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
    • life would be a misery, trudging all the way down to Number 7 wharf for a meal ticket, then back up to the other end of the city to collect a gunnysack of food […].

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA