haversack
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He has one green parakeet feather in his haversack.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2012
And now it has its metaphorical haversack over its brave, small metaphorical shoulders and is trotting off to do some Youth Hostelling in Indonesia without me.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2011
He'd arrive on his bike, his haversack full of groceries, and he'd spend the afternoon with us.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2010
Expert No. 2, Philosopher Cyril Edwin Mitchinson Joad, clumped in on loud-nailed boots, carrying a vast haversack.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Repacking it into the torn haversack, she returned it to her mouse friend, eyeing him in an apprehensive manner.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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On the end page of W T Palmer's 1939 book, there's an illustration of two exhausted but very contented little penguins, reposing on their haversacks.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2018
Said dramatic Mr. Hore-Belisha: "It is a time when the nation must sleep on its haversacks."
From Time Magazine Archive
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A handful of spectators watched the Dyaks unload their sleeping mats and haversacks from the trucks.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"Just imagine!" said the girl when she told the story: "my Englishmen after a few days were able to strap their haversacks and all slip down the rope noiselessly in less than five minutes."
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. by James Edward Parrott
Early the next morning the reveille beat, the whole camp was soon in motion, and after a slight breakfast from our haversacks the march was resumed.
From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by S. Emma E. Edmonds
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