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Definition of Gunnies
1. gunny [n] - See also: gunny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunnies
Literary usage of Gunnies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining by William Pryce (1778)
"Feet In. 6 3 i04 by ii 6, which is a gunnies and half. ... Feet In. Breadth 56 =
ii6 ^ How many are the Fathoms, at four feet to the gunnies ? ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Also spelled gunnies. [Cornwall, Eng.] The former vaults or ... A species of
gum-tree, Eucalyptus robusta. gunny (gun'i), ». ; pi. gunnies (-iz). ..."
3. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"And this was the vehicle for the actors to hang on for a mile or two. This gunnies
was lon to Ram, another god, who had a great war many years with a ..."
4. A New Account of the East Indies: Giving an Exact and Copious Description of by Alexander Hamilton (1744)
"... This gunnies was Son to Ram another God, who had a great War many Years with
... his own Dominions, to the great God of Heaven; and poor gunnies was the ..."
5. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"From the fibre which is the cheapest known are produced gunnies, ... Jute and
gunnies are QOW exported from Bengal largely to France, Australia, ..."
6. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"From the fibre which is the cheapest known are produced gunnies, ... Jute and
gunnies are now exported from Bengal largely to France, Australia, ..."
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