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English Dictionary: knapsack by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knapsack
n
  1. a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder [syn: backpack, back pack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack]
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.
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