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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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Town cars grind 42nd Street to a halt, and the autumn air fills with Eau de Cologne, envy and self-loathing, as everyone who still cares about sack dresses and stilettos makes haste to runway shows by Katie Lee Joel’s BFF Yigal Azroel, mall clothier BCBG and man-meat clothier Rag & Bone (designed by two smoldering, straight Brits; there’s hope for fashion after all
When the call comes in that someone needs a smile and a laugh, the superheroes slip into loud sack dresses with polka dots and stripes, paint their faces white and put on big red noses, colorful wigs and bright red lipstick, then head to the nearest children's hospital, convalescent home, Special Olympics event or special-education school.
Shift and sweater dresses with plain belts, sack dresses which moved away from the drawn-in, wasp waist and made us look like a giant almond and long, bulky sweaters over straight trousers.
 
 
 
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