Towsack

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of burlap sack; a gunny sack. Appalachia

    "You do not think it until he comes through the door, carrying the empty toe-sack in one hand and the revolver in the other."

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"You do not think it until he comes through the door, carrying the empty toe-sack in one hand and the revolver in the other."

Etymology

From tow + sack.

Related phrases

gunny sack

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