croker sack

cro·ker sack

 (krō′kər)
n. Lower Southern US
See gunnysack.
[Alteration of crocus sack.]
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(A burlap bag is a "croker sack" in the South.) Plus Charles is a "croaker" since his manly identity is dying and also a "croaker" in that he becomes a sort of philosophical doc.
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