Definition of Gunny sack

1. Noun. A bag made of burlap.

Exact synonyms: Burlap Bag, Gunnysack
Generic synonyms: Bag

Definition of Gunny sack

1. Noun. A sack, made from burlap, used for agricultural produce. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunny Sack

gunnen
gunner
gunnera
gunneras
gunneries
gunners
gunnery
gunnery sergeant
gunnie
gunnies
gunning
gunningite
gunnings
gunny
gunny cloth
gunny sack
gunnybag
gunnybags
gunnysack
gunnysacks
gunocracy
gunpaper
gunpapers
gunperson
gunpersons
gunplay
gunplays
gunpoint
gunpoints
gunport

Literary usage of Gunny sack

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Campfires on Desert and Lava by William Temple Hornaday (1908)
"... Ravine—A Dinner of Broiled Liver—The Resources of the Party and Their Distribution—The Gunny-Sack as a Producer of Warmth—Mr. Phillips Takes Advantage ..."

2. The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister (1904)
"He "was coming with his man and his gunny sack, and the gunny sack hung from his shoulder heavily, as a full sack should. ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1900)
"He -was coining with his man and his gunny sack, and the gunny sack hung from his shoulder heavily, as a full sack should. ..."

4. Roughing it by Mark Twain (1913)
"An' then we lit the fuse 'n' dumb out 'n' got off 'bout fifty yards—'n' forgot 'n' left Tom Quartz sound asleep on the gunny-sack. In 'bout a minute we seen ..."

5. To Klondyke and Back: A Journey Down the Yukon from Its Source to Its Mouth by James Henry Edward Secretan (1898)
"Flour should be put in a good cotton sack, fifty pounds in a sack; two of those are then put into a good strong gunny sack. For ordinary transport this is ..."

6. School and Home Gardens by William Herman Dietrich Meier (1913)
"A Double Strip of gunny sack tacked around an Elrn Tree to trap the of gunny sack tacked around the tree, as indicated in Fig. 100. ..."

7. Idaho Forester by University of Idaho College of Forestry, University of Idaho (1921)
"'The utility of the gunny sack in reinforcing broken down breeches has long ... A little work with a jack-knife can transform a gunny sack into a first rate ..."

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