floursack
nounEtymology From flour + sack.
1
A sack for flour.
- She brought us her quilting scraps in an old floursack, ready to be used in our crafting project.
2
Sackcloth. (In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, floursack cloth was often reused for making clothing, quilts, or rags, and this tradition continues to some extent today.)
- Near-synonyms: hessian, burlap
- Let's be honest: the outfit hardly matters — you could put her in a dress made of floursack and she'd still look fabulous.