A coarse burlap fabric made from jute, or a sack made from this material used for storing goods.
From Hindi 'goni' and Sanskrit 'goni,' referring to sacking material. The word traveled to English through British colonial trade in India during the 18th century.
Gunny sacks were so important to agriculture and shipping that they shaped global trade for centuries—jute grown in India and Bangladesh still supplies most of the world's natural burlap, just like during colonial times!
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