gunny

Example Sentences

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And every year, would-be thieves follow harvesting equipment designed to shake nuts from the trees, loading up gunny sacks with the fallen fruits.

From Los Angeles Times

Valuable mine ore stored in gunny sacks would be transported in boxcars because the car could be locked, Wolf said.

From Washington Times

Armed with a gunny bag, he goes to a landfill in the slums of Gauhati, the capital of Assam state.

From Seattle Times

A few nights after the city had calmed, the gunny and I were atop a parking garage in Compton when we heard an eruption of M16 fire a few blocks away.

From New York Times

For three months they slept on gunny sacks at a business park in downtown Kampala.

From New York Times