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sack

noun (BED)
 
 
/sæk/

Definition

the sack [S] US informal bed: It's late - I'm going to hit the sack (= go to bed). He came home and found Judy and Brad in the sack (= in bed) together.Beds and parts of beds in the sack US informal If someone is good/bad in the sack, they are sexually skilled/not sexually skilled.Sexual activity in generalPhysical and sexual assault and abduction
(Definition of sack noun (BED) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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