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Gunny vs Dunny - What's the difference?

gunny | dunny |

As nouns the difference between gunny and dunny

is that gunny is (uncountable) a coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp or gunny can be (countable|informal) a gunnery sergeant while dunny is (australia|new zealand|slang) a toilet, often outside and rudimentary.

As an adjective dunny is

(uk|dialect) deaf; stupid.

gunny

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) and (etyl).

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp.
  • *1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 102:
  • *:Provisions were ferried by camel in stout sacks of gunny with blocks of ice packed round them; a herculean task.
  • (countable) A gunny sack.

    • Derived terms

    * gunnybag * gunnycloth

    Etymology 2

    A shortening of (gunnery sergeant)

    Noun

    (gunnies)
  • (countable, informal) A gunnery sergeant.
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    • dunny

    English

    Etymology 1

    From , via Australian convicts' flash language brought from London.

    Noun

    (dunnies)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A toilet, often outside and rudimentary.
  • * 2008 , Judith L. McNeil, No One's Child , page 95,
    • There was one leaning dunny' down the back and, if you stayed very quiet, on a very still day you could hear the white ants as they chewed the wood.The bottom boards were already eaten through, and I avoided using the ' dunny at all costs.
  • * 2010 , Kathleen M. McGinley, Out of the Daydream: Based on the Autobiography of Barry Mcginley Jones , page 47,
    • The dunny was another place to go to get out of class. You got to go there by raising your hand in class and asking Miss if you could go to the lav.
  • * 2010', Christopher Milne, ''The Boy Who Lived in a '''Dunny'' , in ''The Day Our Teacher Went Mad and Other Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls , unnumbered page,
    • ‘Until you wake up to yourself, you can live in the old dunny for all I care.’
    ‘All right, I will,’ said Tony.
  • (Scottish and northern English, slang, dated) An outside toilet, or the passageway leading to it; (by extension) a passageway or cellar.
    • Derived terms
    * dunny can * dunny cart * dunny man

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect) Deaf; stupid.
  • * (rfdate) (Sir Walter Scott)
    • My old dame Joan is something dunny , and will scarce know how to manage.