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barracks bag

American  

noun

  1. a large bag of heavy cotton, closed with a drawstring, used by military personnel for carrying personal belongings.


Etymology

Origin of barracks bag

First recorded in 1940–45

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He grinned and led the way into the kitchen, lugging his barracks bag.

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To the next WAC he said: "What's in that barracks bag?"

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On his first furlough back to Somerset, Private Cooper was followed off the train by a fierce-looking master sergeant, who deposited Cooper's barracks bag on the platform, bade him goodbye, and climbed back aboard.

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Small finally staggered down the gangplank, bent under his barracks bag, sweating in his heavy O.D.s and battle jacket.

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One of them, decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross, carried a barracks bag; the other, badly in need of a shave, had only his empty pipe for duffle.

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