English Explanatory Dictionary

floursack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sack for flour.
  2. Sackcloth. (In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, floursack cloth was often reused for making clothing, quilts, or rags, and this tradition continues to some extent today.)

Word forms

floursack floursacks

Etymology

From flour + sack.

Synonyms

mealbag meal-poke hessian burlap
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