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