towsack

English

Alternative forms

• toe sack

Etymology

From tow +‎ sack.

Noun

towsack (plural towsacks)

1. (Appalachia) A kind of burlap sack; a gunny sack.
   • 1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:

     You do not think it until he comes through the door, carrying the empty toe-sack in one hand and the revolver in the other.

   • 1997, Paxton Davis, Being a Boy, page 262:

     Baseball was "as natural as breathing," played with towsacks or bushes for bases, splintered bats held together with electric tape, and teams with from two to two dozen players.