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haversack
/ˈhævəsæk/
noun 2
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2HAVERSACK + NOUN
trepidation
PREP.
with
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noun
1
A small, strong bag carried on the back or the shoulder, usually with only one strap, and originally made of canvas.
And most significant, these hordes of nonmotorized tourists, hungry for a taste of the difficult, the original, the real, do not consist solely of people young and athletic but also of old folks, fat folks, pale-faced office clerks who don’t know a rucksack from a haversack, and even children.
When I went, I left from the station / With a haversack and some trepidation
2
An oat-sack, or nosebag for a horse.
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And most significant, these hordes of nonmotorized tourists, hungry for a taste of the difficult, the original, the real, do not consist solely of people young and athletic but also of old folks, fat
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When I went, I left from the station / With a haversack and some trepidation
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