Synonyms for gunny

Grammar : Noun

Spell : guhn-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌn i

Définition of gunny

Origin : 1711, Anglo-Indian goney "coarse fabric," from Hindi goni, from Sanskrit goni "sack." Gunny sack attested by 1862.

As in burlap : noun fabric

Example sentences :

He hadn't any overcoat on and his feet and legs were tied up in gunny sacks.
Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller

Beside him was a gunny sack, tied in the middle and filled at both ends.
Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine

In his left hand was a gunny sack, in his right a formidable six-shooter.
Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm

This was the overflow from a gunny sack in which he carried the rest.
Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm

The gunny sack about the throat was marked by the blood stains only.
Extract from : « The Barrel Mystery » by William J. (William James) Flynn

The principal exports must be gunny bags, verdigris, and iron rust.
Extract from : « Excursions and Poems » by Henry David Thoreau

Then blankets and gunny sacks were wet and beaten against the flames.
Extract from : « Cattle-Ranch to College » by Russell Doubleday

On the litter were bundles, some in gunny sacks, and some tied in blankets.
Extract from : « The Voodoo Gold Trail » by Walter Walden

He carried but one small blanket of about the texture of a gunny sack.
Extract from : « Hunting in Many Lands » by Various

Gunny sacks covered the hole and screened it in front and above.
Extract from : « "And they thought we wouldn't fight" » by Floyd Gibbons

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