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sack´like´ — … Useful english dictionary
Sack — Sack, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, s[ae]cc, L. saccus, Gr. sa kkos from Heb. sak; cf. F. sac, from the Latin. Cf. {Sac}, {Satchel}, {Sack} to plunder.] 1. A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sack bearer — Sack Sack, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, s[ae]cc, L. saccus, Gr. sa kkos from Heb. sak; cf. F. sac, from the Latin. Cf. {Sac}, {Satchel}, {Sack} to plunder.] 1. A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sack tree — Sack Sack, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, s[ae]cc, L. saccus, Gr. sa kkos from Heb. sak; cf. F. sac, from the Latin. Cf. {Sac}, {Satchel}, {Sack} to plunder.] 1. A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sack|but — «SAK buht», noun. 1. a bass trumpet with a slide like that of a trombone for altering the pitch. It was a form of the trombone in the Middle Ages. 2. an ancient stringed instrument mentioned in the Bible (Daniel 3). ╂[< Middle French, Old… … Useful english dictionary
sack — English has three separate words sack, one of them now a historical relic and the other two ultimately related. Sack ‘large bag’ [OE] was borrowed from Latin saccus (source also of English sac, sachet, and satchel). This in turn came from Greek… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
sack — English has three separate words sack, one of them now a historical relic and the other two ultimately related. Sack ‘large bag’ [OE] was borrowed from Latin saccus (source also of English sac, sachet, and satchel). This in turn came from Greek… … Word origins
sack — [[t]sæ̱k[/t]] ♦♦♦ sacks, sacking, sacked 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A sack is a large bag made of rough woven material. Sacks are used to carry or store things such as vegetables or coal. ...a sack of potatoes. 2) VERB If your employers sack you,… … English dictionary
like a sack of spuds — Phrs. Easily, quickly, heavily. Usually describing a physical fall. E.g. I hardly touched him and he went down like a sack of spuds … English slang and colloquialisms
Sack of Palermo — The Sack of Palermo or scempio in Italian is the popular term for the construction boom from the 1950s through the mid 1980s that led to the destruction of the city s green belt and villas that gave it architectural grace, to make way for… … Wikipedia
Sack/sacked — If someone gets the sack it means they are fired. Then they have been sacked. I can think of a few people I d like to sack! … The American's guide to speaking British
