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sacking

Pronunciation:  'sakeeng

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
  2. [n]  coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
 
 Synonyms: bagging, discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack
 
 See Also: burlap, cloth, conclusion, conge, deactivation, dishonorable discharge, ending, fabric, gunny, inactivation, jute, material, removal, Section Eight, superannuation, termination, textile

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sack"ing\, n. [AS. s[ae]ccing, from s[ae]cc sack, bag.]
Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.

 



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