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possible sack † [< Am.E < Sp. posibles wealth, means] West, Northwest, Hist. 
a canvas or leather bag in which a person's belongings are kept.
- 1866 . . . setting to work, I overhauled my 'possible sack,' found a few coarse hooks, a bit of gut, and some thread.
- 1892 So saying, the old trapper unsheathed his shining knive, and separated the "mouffle," or overhanging upper lip of the moose, and placed it in his possible sack.
- 1952 (1959) All he carried was gun, powder flask and possible sack.
- 1866 . . . setting to work, I overhauled my 'possible sack,' found a few coarse hooks, a bit of gut, and some thread.