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ˈsnapsack Now dial.
Also snap-sack.
[ad. LG. snappsack (hence G. schnappsack), f. snappen snap v.]
A knapsack.
Common from c 1650 to 1700.
1633Shirley Contention D j b, She cannot eate a Snapsacke, Nor carry baggage. a1656Ussher Ann. (1658) 515 Mithridates sent all the prisoners..home, with provision in their snapsacks. 1670Phil. Trans. V. 2097 A very large Heart,..the figure of which was not Conical, but like a Souldiers pera or Snapsack. 1716Church Philip's War (1867) II. 22 He finding..three Snapsacks of Powder, went immediately to the Army. 1725Bailey Erasm. Colloq. 7 If you put nothing into my Snapsack but Healths, I shall carry them with ease. 1881Isle Wight Gloss. 33 Snapzack, a knapsack.
fig.1643J. P. (title), A Spirituall Snapsacke for the Parliament Souldiers, containing cordiall encouragements. |