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Meanings of haversack in English
Catalan
barjoleta Spanish
bolsa de cuero 
Case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
Synonyms
Examples for "sack"
Examples for "sack"
1
The Health Minister is poised to sack the Waikato District Health Board.
2
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said under normal conditions she would sack him.
3
There were hundreds of slips of paper in each sack, thousands altogether.
4
The German was carrying a sack of food she must have given.
5
Owners of Nascar teams, however, have threatened to sack employees who protest.
1
At one end of the rope there is a large leather bag.
2
And Pat handed over a dirty leather bag with a long string.
3
George came downstairs into the hotel office carrying a brown leather bag.
4
In one hand he carried a small leather bag and a belt.
5
She'd have a black leather bag, more likely, or a-or a-
1
Damian reached into his military jacket and pulled out a leather pouch.
2
When Sam opened the box, there was a small leather pouch inside.
3
He's carrying a little leather pouch that he claims belongs to you.
4
He places the spheres in the leather pouch hanging from his belt.
5
He squeezed a small leather pouch at his neck and rubbed it.
1
Her hand pointed to a small pack bound between her breast plates.
2
This is my outfit.' She kick one small pack in the snow.
3
Each one bore a small pack, and Mr. Ranger had his rifle.
4
She collected a small pack from the vines and straightened her skirts.
5
The Consul nods and removes the antique comlog from his small pack.
Usage of haversack in English
1
The Captain of the gun also shortens the strap of his haversack.
2
But his convulsive fingers seized only the leathern strap of the haversack.
3
They saw him deliberately open the haversack and plunge his hand inside.
4
Get Lorala and we'll go, she said, picking up her Mamutoi haversack.
5
Our bedding consisted of one blanket as mattress and haversack for pillow.
6
Only a pack and a haversack, and both contained nothing but souvenirs.
7
He recognised me, however, from the bright yellow haversack that I carried.
8
The strap of a brown canvas haversack slung diagonally across his chest.
9
He had a large black shiny haversack swung under his left arm.
10
His canteen banged rythmically upon his thigh, and his haversack bobbed softly.
11
His haversack was gone,-hadbeen torn from his shoulders and carried overboard.
12
May I have the haversack, and see what it is stocked with?
13
Like Mary's lamb, where'er I went, the haversack was sure to go.
14
Take it, sir; here is the rifle, and here the haversack.
15
The heat seemed more intense than ever; his haversack and equipment more cumbersome.
16
He carries in his haversack what the government calls emergency or iron rations.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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