half-sack

What makes me most angry is to see people sitting under the hot sun to get a half-sack of rice and a bottle of oil.

Beverly Bell: Disaster Aid or Aid Disaster? -- Haitian's Thoughts on Foreign Assistance 2010

What makes me most angry is to see people sitting under the hot sun to get a half-sack of rice and a bottle of oil.

Beverly Bell: Disaster Aid or Aid Disaster? - Haitian's Thoughts on Foreign Assistance 2010

• Has posted a half-sack and two interceptions in his postseason career, including a diving interception in the 2008 AFC Divisional

NFL SUPER BOWL XLIII PITTSBURG GAME RELEASE Oldhead1 2009

• Has 49 career postseason tackles (32 solo) with a half-sack and three interceptions (one touchdown).

NFL SUPER BOWL XLIII PITTSBURG GAME RELEASE Oldhead1 2009

` ` I never thought that could happen, '' said Louisville's Elvis Dumervil, the nation's sack leader who was limited to five tackles and a half-sack against the Mountaineers.

USATODAY.com - Scores 2005

And another result was, one poor soul would help out another with a half-sack of potatoes or a pail of milk.

The Road Leads On 2003

First off, a half-sack of flour, followed by a tub of tallow grease thriftily saved from cookshops where they skimmed off the grease from roasting and frying, and resold to those who could not afford butter and candles.

Take A Thief Lackey, Mercedes 2001

Indeed, only eight pounds of ballast were used from the time we left Miss Thompson till dawn, barring a half-sack spent in getting out of range of the Wappinger's Falls sportsmen, who seemed to want to bag us.

The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson

As they had very little sale for the roasted, they would send a half-sack, and sometimes a whole sack to have it roasted.

All About Coffee 1909

The bolt of striped flannel, all the old clothes, a housewife full of needles and thread, such as seamen sometimes carry, the half-sack of potatoes,

The Blue Lagoon: a romance 1907