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burlap

[bur-lap] / ˈbɜr læp /


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But even if there’s no hard camera footage of Kao giving Collins burlap sacks full of cash, there is undoubtedly a story that she got duped into delivering federal dollars to a scammer.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

Leaning on a burlap bag brimming with gum arabic, Ahmad pointed to a map on a journalist’s phone to show the circuitous path he took to get here.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

It took him a full day to broadcast the seed into the furrows, after which he folded away the burlap, barely noticing a stencilled word indicating where it had come from: Odessa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

Hattie has all the affection you’d expect from a grandmother, but her presence brings a singular comfort to “Nickel Boys,” like a soft blanket being draped across a burlap bed.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024

It was July, and Hugh and I were taking the Paris Métro from our neighborhood to a store where we hoped to buy a good deal of burlap.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

It was burlapped at purchase, which of course we removed before planting.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022

All about him, burlapped cuttings rest like tablets brought down from Mount Sinai.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2018

And, as Ratty had said, the chest, burlapped, corded, and tagged, stood in the main hall of the ranch-house, ready for removal.

From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Amy Bell Marlowe

At the mouth of La Biche a half-dozen burlapped pieces were removed from a cache in a thicket of balsam and added to the outfit.

From The Gun-Brand by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

That is, he watched one of the corded and burlapped chests.

From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Amy Bell Marlowe


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