haversack
noun
a single-strapped bag worn over one shoulder and used for carrying supplies.
haversacks
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pluralof haversack.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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On the end page of W T Palmer's 1939 book, there's an illustration of two exhausted but very contented little penguins, reposing on their haversacks.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2018
A handful of spectators watched the Dyaks unload their sleeping mats and haversacks from the trucks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said dramatic Mr. Hore-Belisha: "It is a time when the nation must sleep on its haversacks."
From Time Magazine Archive
The guides were beginning to repack the haversacks.
From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford
The soldiers threw aside their knapsacks, haversacks, tin plates and cups, and moved stealthily.
From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Charles Carleton Coffin
