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- noun Plural form of
gunnysack .
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Examples
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All of the first year campers, armed with sticks, flashlights, and gunnysacks, were sent to hide in the woods.
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All of the first year campers, armed with sticks, flashlights, and gunnysacks, were sent to hide in the woods.
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A couple of the most persistent boys fell asleep in the woods and were returned to camp, hours later, stuffed into their own gunnysacks.
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A couple of the most persistent boys fell asleep in the woods and were returned to camp, hours later, stuffed into their own gunnysacks.
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Realizing the imminent death sentence that children in the ghetto faced, Sendler decided smuggle them out — in gunnysacks, potato sacks, and coffins and by burying them inside loads of goods.
You’ve Heard of Schindler, but What about Sendler? « AAUW Dialog 2010
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Cover the great pile with a canvas tarp or lots of gunnysacks.
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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In November, they had tramped the empty beet fields for miles around, Velma with Emaline and Bobby, dragging gunnysacks over the frozen ground, risking broken ankles to search for beets to feed the pigs.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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In November, they had tramped the empty beet fields for miles around, Velma with Emaline and Bobby, dragging gunnysacks over the frozen ground, risking broken ankles to search for beets to feed the pigs.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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In November, they had tramped the empty beet fields for miles around, Velma with Emaline and Bobby, dragging gunnysacks over the frozen ground, risking broken ankles to search for beets to feed the pigs.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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Realizing the imminent death sentence that children in the ghetto faced, Sendler decided smuggle them out — in gunnysacks, potato sacks, and coffins and by burying them inside loads of goods.
What YOU have to say about equal rights—live-blog #1 « Gender Across Borders 2010
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