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haversack

[hav-er-sak] / ˈhæv ərˌsæk /
NOUN
backpack
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NOUN
knapsack
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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

“I thought we’d use the microscope today,” he said, securing it in its case and nestling it in his haversack.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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

A handful of spectators watched the Dyaks unload their sleeping mats and haversacks from the trucks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said dramatic Mr. Hore-Belisha: "It is a time when the nation must sleep on its haversacks."

From Time Magazine Archive

It was now every man for himself; knapsacks, haversacks, and even canteens were thrown away.

From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by J. Newton Terrill

From a flimsy little hat-rack hung his two haversacks.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Oliver [pseud.] Onions




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