Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A canvas or leather traveling bag designed to be carried while strapped to the shoulders.
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- noun A
backpack ,knapsack ,rucksack or similarbag packed with provisions or personal items, especially as carried by atraveller or ahiker , and oftenslung over theshoulder .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
Etymologies
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Examples
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He left his bag, hunkered in the dark and opened the packsack that had been his pillow with fingers too schooled to need light.
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In the excitement, I grabbed two travel bags and left the small packsack sitting on the city bus floor.
Walking the walk, talking the talk - "lost and found" in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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Naively I inquired further, “Might the packsack or papers get turned at the police station?”
Walking the walk, talking the talk - "lost and found" in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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Not just the travelers checks, but three return plane tickets, three tourist visas, my passport, travel journal, notebooks and small packsack – the whole shooting match!
Walking the walk, talking the talk - "lost and found" in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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In the excitement, I grabbed two travel bags and left the small packsack sitting on the city bus floor.
Walking the walk, talking the talk - "lost and found" in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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Not just the travelers checks, but three return plane tickets, three tourist visas, my passport, travel journal, notebooks and small packsack – the whole shooting match!
Walking the walk, talking the talk - "lost and found" in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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Six months after I was born, I was taken by packsack to a remote cabin in north-western Quebec, where my father was doing research as a forest entomologist.
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Naively I inquired further, “Might the packsack or papers get turned at the police station?”
Walking the walk, talking the talk - "lost and found" in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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The bag held the important documents although the packsack itself, cheap camera, water bottle and other small personal items were missing.
Walking the walk, talking the talk - "lost and found" in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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The bag held the important documents although the packsack itself, cheap camera, water bottle and other small personal items were missing.
Walking the walk, talking the talk - "lost and found" in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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