gunny sack

See also: gunnysack, and gunnysacking

English

Alternative forms

• gunnysack

Noun

gunny sack (plural gunny sacks)

1. A sack made from burlap, used for agricultural produce.
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XI, in The Understanding Heart:

     “… Tony, there are some old, empty gunny sacks—the only dry thing on Bogus tonight. … They'll do to make a bed for the baby in the wood-box, …”

   • 1958, Chuck Berry (lyrics and music), “Johnny B. Goode”:

     He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack / Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track

   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 259:

     life would be a misery, trudging all the way down to Number 7 wharf for a meal ticket, then back up to the other end of the city to collect a gunnysack of food […].

Synonyms

• gunny-bag

Translations

sack made from burlap

• Armenian: ջվալ (hy) (ǰval)
• Burmese: ဂုန်နီအိတ် (my) (gunniit)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麻袋 (zh) (mádài), 麻包 (zh) (mábāo)

• Dutch: jutezak (nl) m
• Finnish: säkki (fi)
• Malay: karung guni
• Russian: чува́л (ru) m (čuvál) (regional), мешо́к (ru) m (mešók) (more generic term)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: గోనె (te) (gōne)
• Welsh: sach fras f