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Word entry · 5 letters

gunny

Best crossword clue

"Jute cloth"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡʌni/Part of speech nounSorted gnnuyStarts with GEnds with Y2 cluesCommon crossword word
1G2U3N4N5Y

Definitions

  1. coarse jute fabric

Word origin

From Hindi and Marathi गनी (ganī) or गोन (gon), from Sanskrit गोणी (goṇī), ultimately of Dravidian origin. Doublet of gunia.

Used in a sentence

  • Traffic is brisk, and goods consists of rice, gunny (hessian), maize and native implements.
  • Provisions were ferried by camel in stout sacks of gunny with blocks of ice packed round them; a herculean task.
  • The gunny's voice reverberated between the barracks as we marched, “Ya left right . . . left right . . . left right left. […] Then the gunny unexpectedly stopped our forward movement. “Company, halt!”

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Jute cloth5 letters
02Coarse jute5 letters

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