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gunny
[ guhn-ee ]
noun
- a strong, coarse material made commonly from jute, especially for bags or sacks; burlap.
gunny
/ ˈɡʌnɪ /
noun
- a coarse hard-wearing fabric usually made from jute and used for sacks, etc
- Also calledgunny sack a sack made from this fabric
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of gunny1
Example Sentences
Forde called Jason Bush “Gunny” and she apparently believed his wild tales about being a star sniper in the Army.
Talked all night about burros, gasoline, & camphor balls which he seemed wanting to buy in gunny sack.
The bags were huge gunny sacks stuffed with cotton waste which was saturated with oil.
And I've helped him to a job as warehouse clerk at Samarai when he wore no shirt under his coat, and gunny bags for trousies.
Then he was ignominiously "yanked," and either landed high and dry on mother earth or in the ranchman's gunny-sack.
Then he made his own bed with gunny-sacks, and after smoking a cigarette, turned in and slept well.
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