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Traditional English :: sacking
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sackike - n. material for making sacks; sackcloth. |
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English Idioms :: sack
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sackike - See: GET THE SACK at GET THE BOUNCE(2), GIVE THE SACK at GIVE THE BOUNCE(2), HIT THE HAY or HIT THE SACK, LEAVE HOLDING THE BAG or LEAVE HOLDING THE SACK. |
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English Idioms :: sack in/out
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sackike - {v.}, {slang} To go to sleep for a prolonged period (as in from night to morning). * /Where are you guys going to sack in/sack out?/ |
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Traditional English :: sack(1)
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sackike - n. & v. --n. 1 a a large strong bag, usu. made of hessian, paper, or plastic, for storing or conveying goods. b (usu. foll. by of) this with its contents (a sack of potatoes). c a quantity contained in a sack. 2 (prec. by the) colloq. dismissal from employment. 3 (prec. by the) US sl. bed. 4 a a woman's short loose dress with a sacklike appearance. b archaic or hist. a woman's loose gown, or a silk train attached to the shoulders of this. 5 a man's or woman's loose-hanging coat not shaped to the back. --v.tr. 1 put into a sack or sacks. 2 colloq. dismiss from employment. sack race a race between competitors in sacks up to the waist or neck. sackful n. (pl. -fuls). sacklike adj. [OE sacc f. L saccus f. Gk sakkos, of Semitic orig.] |
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Traditional English :: sack(2)
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sackike - v. & n. --v.tr. 1 plunder and destroy (a captured town etc.). 2 steal valuables from (a place). --n. the sacking of a captured place. [orig. as noun, f. F sac in phr. mettre sac put to sack, f. It. sacco SACK(1)] |
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Traditional English :: sack(3)
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sackike - n. hist. a white wine formerly imported into Britain from Spain and the Canaries (sherry sack). [16th-c. wyne seck, f. F vin sec dry wine] |
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