gunnyn.
/ˈɡʌni/, U.S. /ˈɡəni/ A coarse material used chiefly for sacking and made from the fibres of jute or (in some parts) from sunn-hemp; a sack of this material.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > sack > of specific material
gunny1711
paper sack1904
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > other
handleband1532
burlap1695
hop-bagging1705
gunny1711
burrass1808
Hessian1881
hop-sacking1884
1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India 244 When Sugar is pack'd in double Goneys, the outer Bag is always valued in Contract at 1 or 1½ Shahee.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxiii. 17 Gunnies, which are much in use in Persia for embaling Goods.
1869 J. E. T. Rogers in A. Smith Inq. Wealth Nations (new ed.) I. i. x. 122 (note) Almost every person in Hindostan Spins and Weaves Jute fibre into a coarse cloth called gunny.
1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. iv. 725 Pack them in large gunnies.
1897 J. C. Willis Man. Flowering Plants II. 109 Corchorus olitorius [etc.]..furnish the chief supply of the valuable fibre jute or gunny.
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gunny-bag n.
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1764 Account of Expences 5 Sept. in J. Long Select. Rec. Govt. relating to Bengal (1869) I. 384 Baskets, gunny bags, and dubbers.
1798 Duke of Wellington Suppl. Dispatches (1858) I. 101 Shot carried on the backs of bullocks in gunny bags.
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Chron. 2/2 Upon removing some gunny-bags that were stowed close to the lazaretto.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 153 In India it [Jute] is used for making rice and sugar bags, called Gunny-bags.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 349 I've ridden many a mile..with nothing but an old gunny-bag to sit on.
gunny-bagging n.
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1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 630 A curtain or screen, of gunny-bagging.
gunny-carpet n.
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1879 H. King in Scribner's Monthly Nov. 133/1 The sunlight..changed the gunny carpet to cloth of gold.
gunny-cloth n.
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1858 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation 919/1 In 1841–42 there were exported from Calcutta..95,412 pieces of gunny cloth.
gunny-fibre n.
gunny-sack n.
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1862 W. S. Ebey Diary 6 July in Pacific Northwest Q. (1943) 34 42 To look at the claims on the hill. They are on the rime rock & prospect very fine, as much as a dollar to the gunny sack.
1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) 73 A stream of water..keeps the pulp in continual motion and passes off through another double set of sluices lined with coarse gunny sacks.
1960 ‘A. Burgess’ Doctor is Sick 166 He had brought with him a gunny sack which he emptied on to the floor—more fruit and vegetables.
gunny-sacking n.
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1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai ix. 142 Across the opening hung gunny-sacking.
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