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Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Cornish gonis (gunnies).

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gunnies (plural gunnies or gunnieses)

  1. (Cornwall, mining) A vacant space left in the ground after a lode has been mined.
    • 1911, Mining Journal, page 811:
      At the mines of Bruay the gunnies are filled by rubbish from the surface, carried down through pipes by a current of water.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:gunnies.
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

gunnies

  1. plural of gunny

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