Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunnybags
Literary usage of Gunnybags
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"1 The plan of fortification referred to consisted of a wall, constructed of coarse
sacks, usually known as gunnybags, filled with sand and piled up in such ..."
2. Life of David S. Terry: Presenting an Authentic, Impartial and Vivid History by Alexander E. Wagstaff (1892)
"VIGILANTES IN ARMS—SURRENDER OF THE BARRACKS TO THE VIGILANTES—JUDGE TERRY A
PRISONER AT FORT gunnybags. A mounted courier was dispatched to the committee ..."
3. California, 1849-1913: Or, The Rambling Sketches and Experiences of Sixty by Lell Hawley Woolley (1913)
"FORT gunnybags. Our headquarters and committee rooms were at the wholesale liquor
house ... The name "Fort gunnybags" was ascribed to it on account of the ..."
4. The Australian Edition of the Selected Works of Marcus Clarke, Together with by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke, Hamilton Mackinnon (1890)
"gunnybags AND POSTAGE STAMP DEPARTMENT. 3RD JULY, 187—. [OFFICIAL.] SIR, — In
reference to your nole ol 2410 January last, I have the honour to inform you ..."
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