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gunny sack en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A sack made from burlap, used for agricultural produce.
   • He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack / Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track 1958, Chuck Berry, “Johnny B. Goode”:
   • “… 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, …” 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XI, in The Understanding Heart:
   • 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 […]. 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 259:

Forms

Synonyms

gunny-bag

Translations (23)

nl jutezak (sack made from burlap) · es costal (sack made from burlap) · vi bao tải (sack made from burlap) · de Sack aus grobem Leinen (sack made from burlap) · my ဂုန်နီအိတ် (sack made from burlap) · cmn 麻袋 (sack made from burlap) · cy sach fras (sack made from burlap) · te గోనె (sack made from burlap) · de Sack (sack made from burlap) · de Leinensack (sack made from burlap) · ta சாக்குமூட்டை (sack made from burlap) · cmn 麻包 (sack made from burlap) · ru мешо́к (sack made from burlap) · ta சாக்கு (sack made from burlap) · de Jutesack (sack made from burlap) · ru чува́л (sack made from burlap) · hy ջվալ (sack made from burlap) · ta கோணிப்பை (sack made from burlap) · de Getreidesack (sack made from burlap) · ms karung guni (sack made from burlap) · vi bao bố (sack made from burlap) · ta கோணி (sack made from burlap) · fi säkki (sack made from burlap)