croker sack

[ kroh-ker ]

noun

, Southern U.S. (chiefly Gulf States).

1. a crocus sack.

Word History and Origins

Origin of croker sack¹

1875–80; croker, alteration of crocus

Example Sentences

The others he nailed into the grave’s damp red-clay walls while both of us lay on the grass, me holding a croker sack blanket and a long nail, him propped on his left elbow, hammering.

From Literature

While I trimmed off the lower leaves and thorns, Grandpa took a big split-open croker sack and poked each rose stem into the loose burlap, weaving it in and out, then in again, like a pin being stuck into cloth.

From Literature