croker sack
Americannoun
Regionalisms
See gunnysack.
Etymology
Origin of croker sack
1875–80; croker, alteration of crocus
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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 "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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