croker sack

[ kroh-ker ]

/ ˈkroʊ kər /

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noun Southern U.S. (chiefly Gulf States).

a crocus sack.

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Also called croker bag .

Origin of croker sack

1875–80; croker, alteration of crocus

regional variations of croker sack

See gunnysack.

Words nearby croker sack

crog, croggy, Crohn's disease, croissant, Croix de Guerre, croker sack, crokinole, Crolom, Cro-Magnon, Cro-Magnon man, crombec

How to use croker sack in a sentence

You, dear reader and refusenik, will likely be called a cynic or a sad sack by friends.
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Listen, I took a pretty hard shot to the sack with that crash.
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Last Sunday, he suited up for the Panthers, registering one sack and four tackles.
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For a moment, I measured the risk of carrying that sack in public.
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In order to prove his Ironborn status, he decides to lead a mini army to sack a depleted Winterfell when they least expect it.
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The fighting section of the Filipinos was intensely irritated at not having been allowed to enter and sack the capital.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The rope from his middle, a bottle of sack from his bosom, and a link of hog's puddings, pulled out of his left sleeve.
The Battle of Hexham;|George Colman
She has a grey body, plump as a sack of meal, with little white speckles, a funny neck and such a small head with a tuft on top.
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Each bore upon his back a great Chimra, heavy as a sack of coal, or as the equipment of a foot-soldier of Rome.
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Talked all night about burros, gasoline, & camphor balls which he seemed wanting to buy in gunny sack.
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