WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cro′cus sack′, [Southern U.S.](chiefly South Atlantic States).
  1. Dialect Termsa burlap bag. Also called cro′cus bag′, croker sack. 
  • origin, originally uncertain 1780–90
    See gunnysack. 
'crocus sack' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
croker sack - gunnysack

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