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packsack

[ pak-sak ]

noun

  1. a leather or canvas carrying bag, usually one that can be strapped over the shoulder and used to carry food and personal items when a person is traveling.


packsack

/ ˈæˌæ /

noun

  1. a bag carried strapped on the back or shoulder Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)knapsack
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of packsack1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; pack 1 + sack 1
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Miig put his packsack on the ground, pulled the sash off his forehead, and let his bedroll drop behind his feet.

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Our father walks into the forest, carrying his ax, a packsack, and a large wooden box with a leather shoulder strap.

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As she talked she opened a light packsack that Brent had noticed upon her shoulders, and drew from its interior a rabbit robe which she spread upon the boughs.

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Dragging the skiff well above high-water mark, I stacked my stuff in it, shouldered my packsack and climbed the levee.

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Being careful to touch them with nothing except the gloves, he put eight traps, eight stakes, the roll of canvas, the hatchet and the bottle of scent into the packsack and shouldered it.

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