gunnysack

[guhn-ee-sak]

gun·ny·sack

[guhn-ee-sak]
noun
a sack made of gunny or burlap.
Also called gun·ny-bag [guhn-ee-bag] .


Origin:
1860–65; gunny + sack1


Crocus sack, croker sack, grass sack, and towsack are widely used in the Southern U.S. as synonyms for gunnysack; crocus sack is used especially in the South Atlantic States and croker sack in the Gulf States, while grass sack and towsack are used especially in the South Midland U.S. Barley sack is a Southwestern U.S. term, used especially in California.

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Gunnysack is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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gunnysack

noun
a bag made of burlap 
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