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   haversack

   /ˈhavəsak/

   noun

   • 1. a small, strong bag carried on the back or over the shoulder, used especially by soldiers and walkers.

   Word Origin late 17th century: from French havresac, from obsolete German Hafersack, Habersack, denoting a bag used by soldiers to carry oats as horse feed, from Hafer, dialect Haber ‘oats’ + Sack ‘sack, bag’.

   Scrabble Points: 21

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