duffel

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This case could then be covered with waterproof canvas with throat opening like a duffel-bag The waterproof duffel-bags usually sold are too light in texture and wear through.

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  1. noun A blanket fabric made of low-grade woolen cloth with a nap on both sides.
  2. noun Clothing and other personal gear carried by a camper.

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  • And once Fun Guy packed up his vacation duffel, the old Matt would bore the hell out of Candy. —  One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze
  • Kurtz had been out of his sleeping bag in two seconds, had slipped into his shoes and leather gloves, had pulled his .45 and the short-barreled .38 from his duffel, and was out into the pitch-black hallway in ten seconds, crouching and waiting. —  Dan Simmons - Hardcase
  • Barbara unzipped her duffel, revealing a few dozen copies of her book. —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 01 - January 2003
  • He was carrying a large leather duffel, and struggling with its bulk. —  The Hard Way by Lee Child
  • I have a first-aid kit in my duffel, and bring those two lanterns. —  No One to Trust   Iris Johansen
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  1. Dutch, after Duffel, a town of northern Belgium.
 

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