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
Frank Nelsen figured that he had it relatively easy—almost as easy as the Kuzak twins, who, during football season, were under strict orders to get their proper sack time.
From The Planet Strappers by Gallun, Raymond Z.
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