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German translation: Jutesack/Rupfensack

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English term or phrase:	gunny sack
German translation:	Jutesack/Rupfensack
Entered by:	Susanne Schiewe

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18:03 Mar 28, 2010

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Agriculture / possibly late 19th century, Rocky Mountain area or Midwest

English term or phrase: gunny sack

I know it's a smallish bag of coarse texture, a standard German term is Jutebeutel but I reckon there should a be more colloquial term.

hazmatgerman KudoZ activity Questions: 13 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 821
Local time: 07:46

Getreidesack/Jutesack/Rupfensack

Explanation:
ohne Kontext ist das ein bisschen schwierig; evtl. ist doch ein etwas größeres Teil gemeint, s. a. (mit Bild)
http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://wpcontent.answe...

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Note added at 27 Min. (2010-03-28 18:31:22 GMT)
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oder "...säckchen"; "Sack" passt aber auch zu kleineren Formaten.

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Susanne Schiewe
Germany
Local time: 07:46

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Vielen Dank für Rupfensack
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Getreidesack/Jutesack/Rupfensack

Susanne Schiewe

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gunny

Armorel Young

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Getreidesack/Jutesack/Rupfensack

Susanne Schiewe
Germany
Local time: 07:46
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German
PRO pts in category: 16

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Vielen Dank für Rupfensack

Reference comments

1 hr peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: gunny

Reference information:
Gunny describes the fabric that the sack is made of ("a strong coarse jute fabric", according to Chambers dictionary) - so it is not a description either of the size of the sack or of what it is intended to contain.

Armorel Young
United Kingdom
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Apr 22, 2010 - Changes made by Susanne Schiewe:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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