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sackings

sackings is the plural of sacking.

Meaning of sacking

Noun

sacking (countable and uncountable, plural sackings)

  1. (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.
  2. (countable) Firing or termination of an employee.
    • He followed his sacking with a good drink.

Questions about sackings

What is sackings the plural of?
Sackings is the plural of sacking.

Words near sackings in the dictionary

  1. sackholes
  2. sacking
  3. sacking off
  4. sacking out
  5. sacking up
  6. sackings
  7. Sackler
  8. Sacklers
  9. sackless
  10. sacklike
  11. sackload

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