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rucksack

[ruhk-sak, rook-] / ˈrʌkˌsæk, ˈrʊk- /
NOUN
backpack
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NOUN
knapsack
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“No one wanted to buy an expensive rucksack made in America,” Emily said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

"I had the certificate in my rucksack and I was riding home to show it to my mum and dad."

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

To my surprise, the electric backpack leaf blower I strap on is not much heavier than my normal rucksack.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

O'Hara and Stewart had earlier been captured on footage at the latter's home in Glasgow's Barlanark with a length of hosepipe, a black jerry can and a rucksack.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

I hear and I turn to see the cassor starting to poke its beak into my rucksack.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

Hundreds of people this weekend in New York City and across the country will remember Sept. 11, 2001, by throwing on rucksacks filled with weights and supplies and marching for hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Groups of all ages converged on the city centre to the sound of drums and guitars, with hardy pilgrims lugging rucksacks and camping material on their backs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

At a high school in Nacka just outside Stockholm, final-year students are unpacking laptops from rucksacks and tote bags, alongside items they say they used less frequently a few years ago.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

Men, women and children carried their belongings in plastic bags, shopping bags and rucksacks.

From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2023

The command comes down from Major Byrd that we are to rest after supper but with our bedrolls and rucksacks in preparation.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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