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Definition of Knapsack

1. Noun. A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder.

Definition of Knapsack

1. n. A case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the back a soldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler.

Definition of Knapsack

1. a bag carried on the back [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Knapsack

knaidel knap knapbottle Knapp Knapp's streaks Knapp's striae knapped knapper knappers knapping

knapple knappled knapples knappling knaps knapsack (current term) knapsacked knapsacks knapweed knapweed

knapweeds knar knarl knarl knarls knarred knarrier knarriest knarring knarry

Literary usage of Knapsack

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1. Defending Secrets, Sharing Data: New Locks and Keys for Electronic Information (1993)
"The "knapsack puzzle" or "knapsack problem" is well-known in mathematics and can be summarized briefly as the following problem: Suppose you are given a set ..."

2. History of the Town of Hollis, New Hampshire, from Its First Settlement to by Samuel Thomas Worcester (1879)
"4'l., , jacket 8s, " ,3 William Nevins, , knapsack ,s. ... 4d., , tamp'e ,s, ad., hat y.., jacket 8s., bayonet 6* " ,9 6 Thomas Pratt, , knapsack ,s. ..."

3. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"ing. allowing ‘-ire ulation of air Rush's knapsack. against the back of the person. The arrangement also permits it to be raised - At the thick end of one ..."

4. The Royal Engineer by Francis Bond Head (1869)
"A SOLDIER'S knapsack. 207 A SOLDIER'S knapsack. During my short day at Brompton I not only had opportunities of seeing almost all the sappers quartered ..."

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