gunny sack

noun

A sack made from burlap, used for agricultural produce.

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gunny-baggunnysackburlap bag
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Meanings

noungunny sack (plural gunny sacks)

plural gunny sacks · alternative gunnysack

  1. A sack made from burlap, used for agricultural produce.

    He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack / Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track

    1958, Chuck Berry, “Johnny B. Goode”
    2 more examples

    “… Tony, there are some old, empty gunny sacks—the only dry thing on Bogus tonight. … They'll do to make a bed for the baby in the wood-box, …”

    1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XI, in The Understanding Heart

    life would be a misery, trudging all the way down to Number 7 wharf for a meal ticket, then back up to the other end of the city to collect a gunnysack of food […].

    1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 259

    Synonyms: gunny-bag

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA sack made from burlap, used for agricultural produce.

Similar
gunny-bag

More synonyms by meaning

nouna bag made of burlap

Similar
gunnysackburlap bag
Broader
bag
Also see
burlap bag

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 麻袋, 麻包
  • 麻袋 (mádài)sack made from burlap
  • 麻包 (mábāo)sack made from burlap
Dutch jutezak
  • jutezaksack made from burlap
Finnish säkki
  • säkkisack made from burlap
German Jutesack, Getreidesack
  • Jutesacksack made from burlap
  • Getreidesacksack made from burlap
  • Sacksack made from burlap
  • Leinensacksack made from burlap
  • Sack aus grobem Leinensack made from burlap
Malay karung guni
  • karung gunisack made from burlap
Russian чува́л, мешо́к
  • чува́л (čuvál)sack made from burlap
  • мешо́к (mešók)sack made from burlap
Spanish costal
  • costalsack made from burlap
Tamil கோணி, கோணிப்பை
  • கோணி (kōṇi)sack made from burlap
  • கோணிப்பை (kōṇippai)sack made from burlap
  • சாக்கு (cākku)sack made from burlap
  • சாக்குமூட்டை (cākkumūṭṭai)sack made from burlap
Vietnamese bao tải, bao bố
  • bao tảisack made from burlap
  • bao bốsack made from burlap
Welsh sach fras
  • sach frassack made from burlap
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APA

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“gunny sack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunny%20sack. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gunny sack,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunny%20sack.

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