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Definition: Gunny bag
Gunny
\Gun"ny\ (g[u^]n"n[y^]), n., Gunny cloth \Gun"ny
cloth`\(kl[o^]th`; 115). [Hind. go[.n], go[.n][imac], a sack,
sacking.]
A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers
(called jute) of two plants of the genus
Corchorus (
C. olitorius
and
C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also
used in the manufacture of cordage.
[1913 Webster]
Gunny bag or
Gunny sack, a sack made of gunny or burlap,
used for coarse commodities. In the southern U. S. similar
sacks are called
crocus sack,
croker sack,
towsack,
and
grass sack.
[1913 Webster +PJC]