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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knapsack \Knap"sack`\, n. [D. knapzak knappen to eat + zak a
bag. See {Knap}, v. t., and {Sack}.]
A case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the back a
soldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler.
And each one fills his knapsack or his scrip With some
rare thing that on the field is found --Drayton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
knapsack
n : a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder [syn: {backpack},
{rucksack}, {haversack}]
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