kit bag

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noun

a small bag or knapsack, as for a soldier.

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Origin of kit bag

First recorded in 1895–1900

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How to use kit bag in a sentence

On the roughly laundered coverlet was a miniature brown kitbag, conspicuously new looking.
A Soldier of the Legion|C. N. Williamson
"Well, that finishes our work," the large young man said, going to a kitbag in the corner of the cabin and getting out a bottle.
Uller Uprising|Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
From the bottom of the kitbag he dug up a blue velours case, which after a moment's hesitation he opened.
The Drums Of Jeopardy|Harold MacGrath
Sleepily the bellboy lifted the battered kitbag and led the way to the elevator.
The Drums Of Jeopardy|Harold MacGrath

“I thought you said Hollingworth had a pretty wife,” tranquilly rejoined the other, digging into his kitbag for a towel.
John Ames, Native Commissioner|Bertram Mitford

British Dictionary definitions for kit bag

kitbag

/ (ˈkɪtˌbæɡ) /

noun

a canvas or other bag for a serviceman's kit

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