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haversack
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hav·er·sack  (hvr-sk)
n.
A bag carried over one shoulder to transport supplies, as on a hike.

[French havresac, from obsolete German Habersack : German dialectal Haber, oats (from Middle High German habere, from Old High German habaro) + German Sack, bag (from Middle High German sac, from Old High German, from Latin saccus; see sack1).]

haversack
Noun
a canvas bag carried on the back or shoulder [French havresac]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.haversackhaversack - a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
bag - a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"
kit bag, kitbag - a knapsack (usually for a soldier)
Translations
haversack [ˈhævəsæk] nmacuto

haversack [ˈhævəsæk] nsac m à dos

haversack [ˈhævəsæk] nRucksack m

haversack [ˈhævəsæk] nzaino

haversack
n haversack [ˈhӕvəsӕk]
a bag worn over one shoulder by a walker etc for carrying food etc. knapsak, bladsak حَقيبَة ظَهِر раница chlebník, taška skuldertaske der Brotbeutel γυλιός, σακίδιο mochila, macuto leivakott خورجين reppu sac à dos תַּרמִיל झोला krušna torba, brotsak tarisznya ransel malpoki sacco, bisaccia 雑のう 잡낭 kelionmaišis plecu soma beg kanvas knapzak liten skuldersekk chlebak mochila raniţă мешок для провизии chlebník, plecniak vrečasta torba ceger tornister, ryggsäck กระเป๋าผ้าใบที่สะพายบนไหล่เดียวของทหารหรือนักปีนเขา omuz/sırt çantası 幹糧袋, 背包 сумка, мішок для провізії کندھے پر لے جانے والا بورا یا تھیلی túi dết


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Similarly, Erwin Jordan's book, Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Civil War Virginia, cites eyewitness Union accounts of "armed blacks in rebel columns bearing rifles, sabers, and knives and carrying knapsacks and haversacks.
But perhaps the underlying issue was that the spread of tourism needs to be halted and that if there were to be any tourism it should encourage young people with haversacks to walk through the jungle, sleep in palm frond huts and spend very little.
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