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burlap

[bur-lap] / ˈbɜr læp /


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In 2023 he bought NYP, a maker of burlap bags.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

After the fossil hunters had recorded as much data as they could about where Apex was found, its bones were taped up in protective “jackets” made of plaster and burlap and lifted onto a trailer.

From BBC May 30, 2024

It wouldn’t strain the imagination to picture him clutching burlap sacks printed with the euro symbol.

From New York Times Jan. 27, 2024

He lingered to watch the opening of the drawstring burlap sack resting inside the box.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2023

One of them held a set of Torah scrolls in a burlap sack, saved, perhaps, from one of the ghetto’s synagogues before it burned to the ground.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

It was burlapped at purchase, which of course we removed before planting.

From Seattle Times Dec. 14, 2022

All about him, burlapped cuttings rest like tablets brought down from Mount Sinai.

From Seattle Times Sep. 17, 2018

She bowled Sarah smoothly back to the burlapped studio in time for the eleven-twenty pupil.

From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort

But Sarah, in the burlapped studio, between piano pupils, was aghast and bitter.

From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort

The dining-room was unfurnished; though the table and chairs were in it, they were still burlapped, and the barrels of dishes were not yet unpacked.

From Two Little Women by Wells, Carolyn



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