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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