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Definition of gunny noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gunny

noun
 
/ˈɡʌni/
 
/ˈɡʌni/
[uncountable]
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  1. a type of rough cloth used for making sacks
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGunny is used before these nouns:
    • sack
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    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Marathi gōnī, from Sanskrit goṇī ‘sack’.
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