Gunnies

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A vacant space left in the ground after a lode has been mined. Cornwall

    "At the mines of Bruay the gunnies are filled by rubbish from the surface, carried down through pipes by a current of water."

  2. 2
    plural of gunny form-of, plural

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bagburlapburlapcorduroycottonfabric

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"At the mines of Bruay the gunnies are filled by rubbish from the surface, carried down through pipes by a current of water."

Etymology

Borrowed from Cornish gonis (“gunnies”).

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