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