Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp, used especially for bags or sacks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A strong coarse sackcloth manufactured chiefly in Bengal from jute, but to some extent also in Bombay and Madras from sunn-hemp.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (
C. olitorius andC. capsularis ), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage. - a sack made of gunny or burlap, used for coarse commodities. In the southern U. S. similar sacks are called
crocus sack ,croker sack ,towsack , andgrass sack .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp.
- noun countable A gunny sack.
- noun countable, informal A
gunnery sergeant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun coarse jute fabric
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Maybe half of the boys slept on top of cardboard pieces to keep out the chill of the concrete … and a few also had their legs wrapped up in gunny-sacks that they were using as makeshift sleeping bags.
Archive 2008-01-01 jen 2008
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Maybe half of the boys slept on top of cardboard pieces to keep out the chill of the concrete … and a few also had their legs wrapped up in gunny-sacks that they were using as makeshift sleeping bags.
i just wanted to know. jen 2008
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Surely one of the cheapest and plainest of fibres otherwise known as gunny sacking, or hessian, made from jute...
Archive 2007-08-01 Glenda Larke 2007
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Surely one of the cheapest and plainest of fibres otherwise known as gunny sacking, or hessian, made from jute...
Biltmore Estate Glenda Larke 2007
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In India it is used mainly for the manufacture of a coarse textile known as gunny cloth, used as bale-wrappers, and sacks for coffee and rice.
Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895
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My "gunny" sergeant had given them my name. they made their pitch.
ronald dean douglas 2010
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If a wet material, such as gunny sack, is placed over the fish it will cool slightly when no ice is available.
Chapter 1 1991
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The only difference is, that while in Ceylon the cinnamon, when ready for market, is packed in "gunny" or canvass bags, in Java it is put into boxes, made of wood free from any smell or flavor which would injure the spice.
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His outward vesture appeared to be kind of gunny-sacking, cut and made into a garment that would have made the fortune of a London tailor.
Options O. Henry 1886
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Page 178 box is open at top and bottom, and a packing-cloth, made of what is called "gunny," is placed inside, having cords which pass underneath, and hang over the sides of the box.
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