packsackn.
/ˈpaksak/, U.S. /ˈpækˌsæk/ Now chiefly North American.
A bag or other container used to transport a bundle of goods; a rucksack. packsack citizen n. Canadian rare a vagrant.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > carried on back or over shoulder
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1851 W. Kelly Excursion to Calif. I. ix. 159 We, the packers, were now busily employed making pack-sacks of a uniform size.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words 520 Pack-sack, the sack slung across a horse. Poultry were thus carried to market.
1920 Rod & Gun in Canada Nov. 715/1 A good old-time packsack.
1966 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 18 Jan. b5/7 [He] was a pack-sack citizen and appeared on Skid Row streets..with..caulk boots which would be later hocked for the last bottle.
1988 J. Brady Stone of Heart (1990) 121 She imagined herself walking with a packsack through dusty roads in Tuscany.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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