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
Last week as they edged ahead through central Eritrea each Sikh wore a turban on his head, obediently dangled a British helmet from his haversack.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“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
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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
A handful of spectators watched the Dyaks unload their sleeping mats and haversacks from the trucks.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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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They carried haversacks, water-bottles, gas-helmets, bandoliers filled with cartridges, as well as rifles and bayonets.
From The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' by Michael MacDonagh
Knapsacks strapped on, haversacks filled and slung, cartouche box on hip, and gun in hand.
From Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life by Elizabeth Reid
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The American Civil War
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