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In some senses, gunny is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp.
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.
Clipping of gunny sack
noun
A gunnery sergeant.
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!”
“As a rule of thumb, Marine corporals, when a gunny asks a question, answer it,”