barracks bag
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of barracks bag
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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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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His father talked, all the time eying Horn curiously, until Horn finally opened his bulging barracks bag and hauled out his souvenirs�Luger pistols, German helmets, Nazi medals.
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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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To the next WAC he said: "What's in that barracks bag?"
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