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burlap

[bur-lap] / ˈbɜr læp /


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Next, the roles were reversed: Senegalese wrestlers put on traditional burlap shorts to try their hand at Swiss wrestling, with the Swiss avenging their earlier defeat.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

But even if there’s no hard camera footage of Kao giving Collins burlap sacks full of cash, there is undoubtedly a story that she got duped into delivering federal dollars to a scammer.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Hattie has all the affection you’d expect from a grandmother, but her presence brings a singular comfort to “Nickel Boys,” like a soft blanket being draped across a burlap bed.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024

An empty burlap sack was draped over the opening.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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

By the middle of September such household goods as the Daltons had planned to take with them were packed, burlapped, crated, and labeled.

From The Tangled Threads by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

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 Carolyn Wells

That is, he watched one of the corded and burlapped chests.

From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Amy Bell Marlowe


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