gunny sackとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

gunny sack (複数形 gunny sacks)

1. A sack made from burlap, used for agricultural produce.
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XI, in The Understanding Heart:

     “… Tony, there are some old, empty gunny sacks—the only dry thing on Bogus tonight. … They'll do to make a bed for the baby in the wood-box, …”

   • 1958, Chuck Berry (lyrics かつ music), “Johnny B. Goode”:

     He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack / Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track

   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 259:

     life would be a misery, trudging all the way down to Number 7 wharf for a meal ticket, then back up to the other end of the city to collect a gunnysack of food […].

同意語

• gunny-bag