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backpack ((n.))
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n.
a pack carried on one's back.
1955
 
(1959)
 
Opposite the door was a long table fixed to the wall . . . a rack with various tools and a back-pack water bag with syringes to dowse small fires.
1964
 
Reg shook off his backpack.