Meaning of Knapsack | Babel Free

Definitions

1. (in UK, dated or archaic) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
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2. A set of values from which a subset is chosen.

Equivalents

Examples

“1936, Arthur Ransome, Pigeon Post, ch 3. "All but Nancy carried knapsacks, with sandwiches and thermos flasks of tea. Peggy’s knapsack held Nancy’s provisions as well as her own, for on Nancy’s shoulders, instead of a knapsack, was a pigeon-basket […]"”

“The two elder reluctantly left him and walked on, taking their brother's knapsack to relieve him in following, and the youngest entered the field.”

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