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Sack
1. A large bag of strong, coarse material for holding objects in bulk. A similar
container of paper or plastic. She put her clothes in a laundry sack.
2. The amount that such a container can hold. We gathered three sack of walnuts.
3. Football. To tackle a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. The
quarterback was sacked six times in the game.
4. The looting or pillaging of a captured town. The Vikings sacked many
British towns.
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