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gunny

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gun·ny  (gn)
n.
A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp, used especially for bags or sacks. See Regional Note at gunnysack.
[Hindi go, from Sanskrit, sack, probably feminine of Pali goa-, ox; see gwou- in Indo-European roots.]
gunny [ˈgʌnɪ]
n pl -nies Chiefly US
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a coarse hard-wearing fabric usually made from jute and used for sacks, etc.
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) Also called gunny sack a sack made from this fabric
[from Hindi gōnī, from Sanskrit gonī sack, probably of Dravidian origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gunnygunny - coarse jute fabric                  
burlap
bagging, sacking - coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
Translations
gunny [ˈgʌnɪ] N → arpillera f (also gunny bag, gunny sack) → saco m de yute
gunny
n → Sackleinen nt


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Of course every boat-hand fixed a gunny sack and put it on like a bonnet, the way they do when they are toting wood, and we got one for Jake, and he slipped down aft with his hand-bag and come tramping forrard just like the rest, and walked ashore with them, and when we see him pass out of the light of the torch-basket and get swallowed up in the dark, we got our breath again and just felt grateful and splendid.
Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context
I feel more like a citizen of the world at the sight of the palm-leaf which will cover so many flaxen New England heads the next summer, the Manilla hemp and cocoanut husks, the old junk, gunny bags, scrap iron, and rusty nails.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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