Definition of "gunnysack" [gunnysack]

• Chiefly Western U.S. A bag or sack made of gunny. Also called regionally crocus sack, croker sack, tow bag, tow sack. (noun)

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• "The American contractor needing the gunnysack was a company called Custer Battles."
• "When a bird got close enough we should blind it with the powerful beam of our flashlight, subdue it with our stick, and then stuff it into the gunnysack."
• "A gunnysack, half full of galley coal, was fastened to his feet."