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sack1
Cricket Austral. a run scored off a ball not struck by the batsman: allotted to the team as an extra and not to the individual batsman

sack2
American football a tackle on a quarterback which brings him down before he has passed the ball

sack3 Archaic except in trademarks any dry white wine formerly imported into Britain from SW Europe
bag, sack
A quantity of portland cement: 94 lb in the United States, 87.5 lb in Canada, 112 lb (50.8 kg) in the United Kingdom, and 50 kg in most countries using the metric system.


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Body conscious sophistication is toppling the cult of the sack dress.
Frankly, I prefer the Hyacinth Bucket look, but I cannot even counsel in favour of this, as next time we all open Grazia there will probably be a picture of sodding Agyness wearing a flowerpot hat, a floral sack dress (by Giles, of course) and (sigh) loafers, larking it up ever so fabulously with her latest rock-star boyfriend who appears unbothered by the fact that his girlfriend is dressing like a pensioner from a BBC sitcom.
Amanda is surprised to see them laughing at the green sack dress, but worse is to come.
 
 
 
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