burlap
Example Sentences
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He had burlap over his shoes to silence his footsteps and ammonia on his clothes to drive off dogs.
From Los Angeles Times
I don’t have a suitcase, and it didn’t feel right to sneak one from the Tilburys, so I put everything in a burlap bag I found in the larder of the Mutton.
From Literature
The sled was piled high with burlap mail bags, all stuffed to bursting.
From Literature
It took him a full day to broadcast the seed into the furrows, after which he folded away the burlap, barely noticing a stencilled word indicating where it had come from: Odessa.
They’re the only actors who’ve internalized that this is screwball stuff, despite the realistic cinematography that throws wet burlap on the nonsense.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
