sacking

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sacking

noun sackings

uncountable Cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks). The farmer grabbed a handful of sacking and rubbed down the cow.
countable Firing or termination of an employee. He followed his sacking with a good drink.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of sack

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Closest in meaning: bagging, firing, discharge, release, liberation, dismissal, gunny, veering, plundering, looting, removal, expelling, ouster, expulsion, ousting, separating

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@misc{sacking_2026,
  title = {sacking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sacking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}