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Etymology 1
From Hindi and Marathi गनी (ganī) or गोन (gon), from Sanskrit गोणी (goṇī), ultimately of Dravidian origin.
Noun
gunny (usually uncountable, plural gunnies)
- (uncountable) A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp.
1946 September and October, “Notes and News: Light Railways in India”, in Railway Magazine, page 316:Traffic is brisk, and goods consists of rice, gunny (hessian), maize and native implements.
1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 102:Provisions were ferried by camel in stout sacks of gunny with blocks of ice packed round them; a herculean task.
- (countable) A gunny sack.
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Etymology 2
A shortening of gunnery sergeant
Noun
gunny (plural gunnies)
- (countable, informal) A gunnery sergeant.
2004, Buzz Williams, Spare parts: a marine reservist's journey from campus to combat in Vietnam:The gunny's voice reverberated between the barracks as we marched, “Ya left right . . . left right . . . left right left. […] Then the gunny unexpectedly stopped our forward movement. “Company, halt!”
2007, W. E. B. Griffin, The Hunters:“As a rule of thumb, Marine corporals, when a gunny asks a question, answer it,”
2010, Donovan Campbell, Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and ..., page 37:Alongside even' officer chain of command is an enlisted one, and the company gunnery sergeant ("gunny" for short) is the enlisted counterpart […] Without a gunny, the day-to-day operations of the infantry would likely grind to a halt.
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