gunny
Americannoun
noun
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a coarse hard-wearing fabric usually made from jute and used for sacks, etc
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Also called: gunny sack. a sack made from this fabric
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of gunny
1705–15; < Hindi gonī < Sanskrit: sack, perhaps originally of hide; cf. gaur
Example Sentences
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Government pathologist Richard Njoroge told journalists on Tuesday evening that what they found was "quite unusual" with bodies "stacked in gunny bags", after a day-long process that was interrupted by heavy rains.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Once the dogs were baying along the rabbit's scent, the gamekeeper ran across the trail ahead of them, dragging a gunny sack of red herrings.
From Salon • May 13, 2023
“He told them to put it in a walking boot, and he tied it on the saddle with a gunny sack,” she said.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022
“We used gunny sacks to cover the windows because there was no glass.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2018
I put the flour sack inside the gunny sack.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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