Definition of "gunny" []

• A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp, used especially for bags or sacks. See Regional Note at gunnysack. (noun)

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• "Maybe half of the boys slept on top of cardboard pieces to keep out the chill of the concrete … and a few also had their legs wrapped up in gunny-sacks that they were using as makeshift sleeping bags."
• "Surely one of the cheapest and plainest of fibres otherwise known as gunny sacking, or hessian, made from jute..."
• "In India it is used mainly for the manufacture of a coarse textile known as gunny cloth, used as bale-wrappers, and sacks for coffee and rice."