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gunny

/guhn-ee/US // ˈgʌn i //UK // (ˈɡʌnɪ) //

炮友,枪手,炮手,炮兵

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural gun·nies.

    • : a strong, coarse material made commonly from jute, especially for bags or sacks; burlap.

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Examples

  • Forde called Jason Bush “Gunny” and she apparently believed his wild tales about being a star sniper in the Army.

  • Talked all night about burros, gasoline, & camphor balls which he seemed wanting to buy in gunny sack.

  • The bags were huge gunny sacks stuffed with cotton waste which was saturated with oil.

  • And I've helped him to a job as warehouse clerk at Samarai when he wore no shirt under his coat, and gunny bags for trousies.

  • Then he was ignominiously "yanked," and either landed high and dry on mother earth or in the ranchman's gunny-sack.

  • Then he made his own bed with gunny-sacks, and after smoking a cigarette, turned in and slept well.