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gunny

[ guhn-ee ]

noun

plural gunnies.
  1. a strong, coarse material made commonly from jute, especially for bags or sacks; burlap.


gunny

/ ˈɡʌ²Ôɪ /

noun

  1. a coarse hard-wearing fabric usually made from jute and used for sacks, etc
  2. Also calledgunny sack a sack made from this fabric
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gunny1

1705–15; < Hindi ²µ´Ç²ÔÄ« < Sanskrit: sack, perhaps originally of hide; gaur
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gunny1

C18: from Hindi ²µÅ²ÔÄ«, from Sanskrit ²µ´Ç²ÔÄ« sack, probably of Dravidian origin
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I lingered outside the teahouse, behind a pile of gunny bags and watched.

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Once the dogs were baying along the rabbit's scent, the gamekeeper ran across the trail ahead of them, dragging a gunny sack of red herrings.

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“He told them to put it in a walking boot, and he tied it on the saddle with a gunny sack,†she said.

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Together, they fill several gunny sacks with fish — most of which will be cooked and served the following day at a public lamprey celebration hosted by the tribe.

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Yakama Nation tribal member Rod Begay passed me a fish about 18 inches long as he transferred part of the day’s catch into a gunny sack for transport back to the boat.

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