sack of rice

collocation in English

meaningsofsackandrice

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sack
noun
uk
/sæk/us
/sæk/
a large bag made of strong cloth, paper, or plastic, used to store large amounts ...
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rice
noun[U]
uk
/raɪs/us
/raɪs/
the small seeds of a particular type of grass, cooked, and eaten ...
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(Definition ofsackandricefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The losing tribe will not go back to camp empty-handed, for they were to choose either asackofriceor a sack of beans.
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He begins by explaining that the scorpion had come in because of heavy rain and had hidden under asackofrice.
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He was taken by a group of indigenous people who bartered him for asackofriceto another tribe that hid him and cared for his wounds.
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Besides, medication cannot be distributed like sacks of rice.
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All unoccupied crewmen grabbed sacks of rice from forward storage and moved astern to trim the submarine because of the flooding forward.
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The military equipment was concealed in containers lined with sacks of rice and shipping documents identified the cargo as spare parts for a bulldozer.
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When heavily loaded with supplies such as sacks of rice, these bicycles were seldom rideable, but were pushed by a "tender" walking alongside.
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One-hundred-kilo sacks of rice were a major item, and at least one pilot over-grossed his aircraft by figuring them in at 100 pounds.
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He was strong enough to clap two sacks of rice together and bend iron nails with his hands.
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Dowries traditionally consisted of water buffaloes, pigs, sacks of rice and even urns of tapai.
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Both professions valued the manual labor of young people, and similar practices called "kyokumochi" also existed, which involved lifting sacks of rice or barrels of sake.
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