Definitions
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- noun countable A
hemp sack used for holdinghops - noun uncountable A coarse, loosely-woven
clothing fabric
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing
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Examples
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Can't I just wear Granny's long hopsack skirt that covers the veins and doubles as a hand towel?
Deborah Divine: Forget Reinvention Deborah Divine 2011
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Can't I just wear Granny's long hopsack skirt that covers the veins and doubles as a hand towel?
Deborah Divine: Forget Reinvention Deborah Divine 2011
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Can't I just wear Granny's long hopsack skirt that covers the veins and doubles as a hand towel?
Deborah Divine: Forget Reinvention Deborah Divine 2011
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Can't I just wear Granny's long hopsack skirt that covers the veins and doubles as a hand towel?
Deborah Divine: Forget Reinvention Deborah Divine 2011
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Can't I just wear Granny's long hopsack skirt that covers the veins and doubles as a hand towel?
Deborah Divine: Forget Reinvention Deborah Divine 2011
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Can't I just wear Granny's long hopsack skirt that covers the veins and doubles as a hand towel?
Deborah Divine: Forget Reinvention Deborah Divine 2011
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Tauz's hopsack blazer (£980); a look from Thom Browne's spring/summer 2011 collection; the Lionel Henderson black seer suit (£650) from Aquascutum's London collection.
Menswear's Formal Acceptance Tina Gaudoin 2011
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If you are in the boating industry, then you already know there is one, and only one, acceptable uniform: Topsiders; no socks; chinos; white, short-sleeve, button-down Oxford shirt, blue hopsack blazer, optional "rep" tie.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Curmudgeon 2011
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John Bull, that his coin may not corrode for want of circulation; if ever this fellow enters my house again, with his deer-stealing Stratford vagabond under his arm, tie them both up in a hopsack, and throw them into the Thames!
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 Samuel James Arnold 1813
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I cut the collar off a pink hopsack suit, shortened the sleeves, bought three huge buttons and sewed them on the jacket.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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