Meaning of gunny sack | Babel Free

Definitions

A sack made from burlap, used for agricultural produce.

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Examples

““… 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, …””

“He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack / Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track”

“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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