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SACKA unit of measure for portland cement. In the United States, a sack refers the amount of cement that occupies a bulk volume of 1.0 ft3. For most portland cement, including API classes of cement, a sac [..]
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SACK"a dismissal from work," 1825, from sack (n.1), perhaps from the notion of the worker going off with his tools in a bag; the original formula was to give (someone) the sack. It is attested e [..]
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SACK"sherry," 1530s, alteration of French vin sec "dry wine," from Latin siccus "dry" (see siccative).
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SACK"to plunder," 1540s, from Middle French sac, in the phrase mettre à sac "put it in a bag," a military leader's command to his troops to plunder a city (parallel to Italian sac [..]
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SACK"plunder; act of plundering, the plundering of a city or town after storming and capture," 1540s, from French sac "pillage, plunder," from Italian sacco (see sack (v.1)).
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SACK"put in a bag," late 14c., from sack (n.1). Related: Sacked; sacking.
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SACK"dismiss from work," 1841, from sack (n.2). Related: Sacked; sacking.
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SACKtype of U.S. football play, 1969, from sack (v.1) in the sense of "to plunder" or sack (v.2) on the notion of "put in a bag." As a noun from 1972.
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SACK"large bag," Old English sacc (West Saxon), sec (Mercian), sæc (Old Kentish) "large cloth bag," also "sackcloth," from Proto-Germanic *sakkiz (source also of Middle Dutch [..]
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SACKto capture, loot, and largely destroy a city or other targeted area.
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SACKa bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome" displace: terminate the employment of [..]
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SACKa large bag made of cloth, paper or plastic
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SACKA bunk, cot or sleeping berth. Usage: "Hey, Mac, get your crap off my sack."
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SACKGet the sack / give somebody the sack: to be dismissed from your job or to dismiss someone from their job. To dismiss someone from their...
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SACKverb Definition: to kidnap in a sack Example Sentence: I was sacked in the middle of the night by robbers.
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SACKtorbe
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SACKNoun. 1. Bed. E.g."Let's hit the sack, I'm exhausted." See 'hit the sack'. [Orig. U.S.] 2. Dismissal from employment. Verb. To dismiss from employment. E.g."I wa [..]
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SACKTo bag purchases at the checkout. See bagger.
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SACKA quantity of Portland cement; 94 pounds in the United States, 87.5 pounds in Canada, 112 pounds in the United Kingdom, and 50 kilograms in most other countries. Different weights per bag are commonly [..]
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SACKa woman's loose-fitting dress; a short usually loose-fitting coat for women and children
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SACKa loose fitting dress
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SACKa type of fortified wine sanap
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SACK(n) a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases(n) an enclosed space(n) the quantity contained in a sack(n) any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Is [..]
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SACKAny dry wine, as sherry sack, Madeira sack, Canary sack, and Palm sack. (A corruption of the French sec, dry.)
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SACKA bag. According to tradition, it was the last word uttered before the tongues were confounded at Babel. (Saxon, sæc; German, sack; Welsh, sach; Irish, sac; French, sac; Latin, saccus; Italian, sacco; [..]
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SACKWhite wines from Spain and the Canaries.
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SACKAn early English term for what is now called Sherry.
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SACK Bunk.
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SACKv. To fire from a job.
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SACK, v. to vanquish an opponent by a show of superior learning. — W. Carleton.
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SACKA tackle of the quarterback for a loss of yardage. All time leader in sacks is Bruce Smith, all time leader for one season is Michael Strahan.
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SACK
A sack; a large bag made of fabric
(informal) The sack; a synonym forand Austro-Bavarian de,Sackerl. (The latter also means shopping bag in Austrian standard German.)
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