Definition of "packsack" []

• A canvas or leather traveling bag designed to be carried while strapped to the shoulders. (noun)

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• "He left his bag, hunkered in the dark and opened the packsack that had been his pillow with fingers too schooled to need light."
• "Six months after I was born, I was taken by packsack to a remote cabin in north-western Quebec, where my father was doing research as a forest entomologist."
• "The bag held the important documents although the packsack itself, cheap camera, water bottle and other small personal items were missing."