Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A knapsack.
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- noun a
bag carried on theback orshoulder , supported bystraps
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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On a similar note, what do you call a rucksack that Air France’s finest have ripped the straps off?
baggage 2005
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A backpack (also called rucksack, knapsack, packsack, pack, bookbag or Bergen) is, in its simplest form, a cloth sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders, but there can be exceptions.
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Which makes it a particularly pliable medium for the subject of narrative's first principle: the forced march from A to B, with an ever-expanding rucksack, that is our lives.
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Which makes it a particularly pliable medium for the subject of narrative's first principle: the forced march from A to B, with an ever-expanding rucksack, that is our lives.
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I just wanna point out that the word "rucksack" appeared here awhile ago.
Synthesis: Putting It Together BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Another use of "rucksack", that makes two days in a row, you spoil me!
Going With the Flow: How to Evade the Drug Testers BikeSnobNYC 2009
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To complete my crap day, I finally got enough money together for my rucksack which is here.
Archive 2008-09-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008
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To complete my crap day, I finally got enough money together for my rucksack which is here.
Small Medical Crisis: exciting posts to follow Elizabeth McClung 2008
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He further alleged that the men had met and jointly conspired to organise a bombing campaign, with the two separate attacks to both use the same kind of rucksack bomb ...
21/7 and 7/7 'links'... Rachel 2007
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Body bag is used for the kind of rucksack that is like a small handbag and fits close to the body.
reesetee commented on the word rucksack
I hope this isn't like a haversack. ;-)
September 27, 2007