snapsack

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noun

A knapsack.

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Meanings

nounsnapsack (plural snapsacks)

plural snapsacks

  1. archaicA knapsack.

    a soldier who had filled his snapsack

    1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Origin

Compare German Schnappsack and similar Northern Sami word.

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APA

snapsack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snapsack

MLA

“snapsack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snapsack. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snapsack,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snapsack.

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