sack time
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sack time
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
Example Sentences
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At first the shelter seemed a weary sailor's paradise, and the men caught up on all the sack time lost at boot camp, sleeping in shifts.
From Time Magazine Archive
He would give his family fifteen more minutes of sack time, he thought, before he would wake them up.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
"I'm taking sack time while I can," he says.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
Let's just report to Captain Strong and get some sack time.
From Treachery in Outer Space by Glanzman, Louis
Okay, boys and girls, I love you, too, but let's cut out the slurp and sloosh, get some supper and log us some sack time.
From Masters of Space by Berry, Robert Lee
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