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 Sack Race (A).Sack’erson. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Sackbut.
 
A corruption of sambuca. (Spanish, sacabuche; Portuguese, saquebuxo; French, saquebute; Latin, sacra buccna, sacred trumpet.)   1
 


 Sack Race (A).Sack’erson. 

 
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