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knapsack

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Word definitions for knapsack in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from Low German Knapsack (Dutch knapzak ), probably from knappen "to eat" literally "to crack, snap" + Sack "bag" (see sack (n.1)).

Usage examples of knapsack.

Shadamehr took firm hold of Alise and the knapsack containing the Sovereign Stone and slipped into the darkness.

Corey, grabbing the Bandersnatch and stuffing the struggling Silly Putter back into his knapsack.

Having ordered my dinner and found my room, I threw down my knapsack and then came out again to smoke an ante-prandial pipe, listen to the evensong of the stream, and think great thoughts.

He left the knapsack in the weeds, and secreted one short-fused bomb against a rickety godown, the other behind a hovel.

Their leader was a red-bearded man who gave his name as Hurks, and proceeded to help load the knapsacks, submachine guns, ammunition, and grenades into the truck.

Clouds obscured the sunset as she ran to their trailer, yanked open the screen door, and reached for the knapsacks.

As they left, Indy knelt down beside Dorian and slipped the Omphalos inside the knapsack.

Instead he returned to the turret and gathered up his log books, oscillograms and a small knapsack of clothing and toilet articles.

Instead, he returned to the turret and gathered up his log books, oscillograms and a small knapsack of clothing and toilet articles.

Maize and charqui were packed into knapsacks for the march, and the pirates rowed ashore to open the campaign.

Sianadh took the rope from his knapsack and, using the skian, cut a length of it to use as a belt.

He sheathed the skian and shouldered the knapsack, striding forward with a determined look.

They spoke of stream ciphers, self-decimated generators, knapsack variants, zero knowledge protocols, unicity points.

They spoke of stream ciphers,self-decimated generators, knapsack variants, zero knowledgeprotocols, unicity points.

The dog-collar seller tips his billycock and disappears, but his luckless companion, having fetched a small black object out of his knapsack, lingers.