sackable

sackable
Ⅰ.
sack [1] NOUN 1) a large bag made of a material such as hessian or thick paper, used for storing and carrying goods. 2) (the sack) informal dismissal from employment. 3) (the sack) informal bed.
VERB informal 1) dismiss from employment. 2) (sack out) chiefly N. Amer. go to sleep or bed.
hit the sack — Cf. ↑hit the sack
DERIVATIVES sackable adjective.
ORIGIN Greek sakkos 'sack, sackcloth' .
Ⅱ.
sack [2] VERB plunder and destroy (used chiefly in historical contexts).
NOUN the sacking of a town or city.
ORIGIN French sac, from mettre à sac 'put to sack' , on the model of Italian mettere a sacco, which perhaps originally referred to filling a sack with plunder.

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