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gunny

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gun=ny

CIDE DICTIONARY

gunnyn. [Hind. go, go, a sack, sacking.].
     A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage.  [1913 Webster]
Gunny bag or Gunny sack, a sack made of gunny or burlap, used for coarse commodities. In the southern U. S. similar sacks are called crocus sack, croker sack, towsack, and grass sack.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gunny, n. (pl. -ies)
1 coarse sacking, usu. of jute fibre.
2 a sack made of this.

Etymology
Hindi & Marathi goni f. Skr. goni sack

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