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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : guhn-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌn i |
Définition of gunny
Origin :- 1711, Anglo-Indian goney "coarse fabric," from Hindi goni, from Sanskrit goni "sack." Gunny sack attested by 1862.
- As in burlap : noun fabric
- He hadn't any overcoat on and his feet and legs were tied up in gunny sacks.
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
- Beside him was a gunny sack, tied in the middle and filled at both ends.
- Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine
- In his left hand was a gunny sack, in his right a formidable six-shooter.
- Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm
- This was the overflow from a gunny sack in which he carried the rest.
- Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm
- The gunny sack about the throat was marked by the blood stains only.
- Extract from : « The Barrel Mystery » by William J. (William James) Flynn
- The principal exports must be gunny bags, verdigris, and iron rust.
- Extract from : « Excursions and Poems » by Henry David Thoreau
- Then blankets and gunny sacks were wet and beaten against the flames.
- Extract from : « Cattle-Ranch to College » by Russell Doubleday
- On the litter were bundles, some in gunny sacks, and some tied in blankets.
- Extract from : « The Voodoo Gold Trail » by Walter Walden
- He carried but one small blanket of about the texture of a gunny sack.
- Extract from : « Hunting in Many Lands » by Various
- Gunny sacks covered the hole and screened it in front and above.
- Extract from : « "And they thought we wouldn't fight" » by Floyd Gibbons
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