barley sack
nounSouthwestern U.S. (chiefly California).
a burlap bag.
regional variation note For barley sack
See gunnysack.
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How to use barley sack in a sentence
The old barley-sack at the foot of one of the posts gave out the jingle of nails as Pete's boot struck against it.
Under Handicap | Jackson GregoryAnd it would fill any one with admiration to see how he preserves his self-possession in the presence of a barley sack.
The Innocents Abroad | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)And have I not called you brother and filled your barley-sack from time to time these many years?'
Khaled, A Tale of Arabia | F. Marion Crawford
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