"A burlap sack or gunny sack, also known as a gunny shoe or tow sack, is an inexpensive bag, traditionally made of hessian fabric (burlap) formed from jute, hemp, or other natural fibers. Modern day versions of these sacks are often made from man-made (synthetic) fabrics such as polypropylene.
The word gunny, meaning coarse fabric, derives from an Indo-Aryan language. Reusable gunny sacks, typically holding about 50 kg, were traditionally, and to some extent still are, used for transporting grains, potatoes and other agricultural products. In Australia, these sacks, made of Indian jute, were known traditionally as ´hessian sacks´, ´hessian bags´ or ´sugar bags´." - (en.wikipedia.org 09.10.2020)
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