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sacklike en · ADJ

Etymology

From sack + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling a sack.
   • My knees grew weak until I sank, sacklike, onto my mother’s living room carpet. 2002, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, chapter 10, in The Vine of Desire, New York: Anchor, page 120:
   • She wore a large, dowdy hat of black beaver, and a sort of slightly affected simple dress that made her look rather sack-like. 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Part 2, Chapter 8”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part II, page 195:

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Synonyms

baglike