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bysack

bysack noun: a wallet.

Noun

bysack (plural bysacks)

  1. (Scotland, dialectal) A wallet.
    • (Colin alone) Ah, Colin, thou’rt a prodigal; a thriftless loon thou’st been, that cou’d na’ keep a little pelf to thysall when thou had’st got it; now thou may’st gang in this poor geer to thy live's end, and worse too for aught I can tell; ’faith, mon, ’twas a smeart little bysack of money thou...1772, Richard Cumberland, The Fashionable Lover. A Comedy., act III

Forms of bysack

pluralbysacks

Origin of bysack

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Old English bīsæc, from Latin bisaccium.

Questions about bysack

What does bysack mean?
Bysack means a wallet.
What part of speech is bysack?
Bysack is a noun.
What is the plural of bysack?
The plural of bysack is bysacks.

Words near bysack in the dictionary

  1. Byrrill Creek
  2. Byrum
  3. Byrums
  4. byrunning
  5. bys
  6. bysack
  7. Bysacki
  8. bysacks
  9. Bysacky
  10. Bysaki
  11. Bysaky

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