°A
bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various
commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a
supermarket, a
grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a
satchel.
°The
amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13
stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).
verb
°To
put in a sack or sacks.
synonyms:
bag, tote, poke, axe|the axe
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, pink slip, give the boot|the boot, get the chop|the chop, give the elbow|the elbow, give somebody the heave-ho|the old heave-ho, hay, rack, ballsack, ball sack, nutsack, loot, ransack, can, dismiss, fire, lay off, let go, terminate, redundant, axe, give the boot, get the chop|give the chop, give the elbow, give somebody the heave-ho|give the old heave-ho, rack