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How to use haversack in a sentence

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She'd packed beef sandwiches for lunch, tomato sandwiches for tea and she put them in a haversack which I carried.
Putting the haversack onto her shoulders, she walked briskly down the street, turning the first corner she saw.
Each man had a blanket slung over the left shoulder, and carried a fair-leather bag or haversack.
Each soldier usually started a movement with three days of food, pre-cooked, in his haversack.
There was no Goretex, waterproof poncho or other warm-fuzzy gear in GI Joe's haversack.
Yuen picked up his haversack and slung it between his shoulders, each strap resting on each blade.
She stuck her head out of the stall to see Arlan in a sweeping black cloak, a haversack over his shoulder, a scowl on his face.
He reached into his haversack, broke off a small bit of the army's version of a cracker, put it in his mouth and began to chew.
Shelves were placed on the walls above the beds to give the soldier a place to put his haversack and headdress.
In my haversack all this time I had been carrying a treasure which I now produced – a box of 100 Abdulla Egyptians.
The love of Christ spurs us to go out to meet the poor, to walk with them without staff, haversack, bread, money, or spare tunic.
He said to them, 'When I sent you out without purse or haversack or sandals, were you short of anything?
He'd arrive on his bike, his haversack full of groceries, and he'd spend the afternoon with us.
He unhasped the ligulae of his haversack, taking out a pair of blue jeans which he tossed to Bruno.
This soldier is shown in marching order, carrying his pack and haversack.
It was used by soldiers to carry personal belongings such as a change of clothing, a repair kit for their uniform, mess tin and utensils, etc. A blanket or coat was generally placed in a roll on top of the haversack.
If you have only one copy then you risk losing the results of all your hard work when a canoe overturns, the camp burns down, or your haversack is stolen.
On 6 October, the Company was driven in trucks to a camp in the suburbs of Algiers to get American material: all men were then given arms, following their allocation, and a haversack containing all American equipment.
Examples from Classical Literature
Spread the belt, haversack, etc., on a clean board or rock and apply the soap solution with a scrub brush.
A haversack was on his back, hanging from lanyards that creased a smart coat.
Taking the haversack, he left the thicket and went back to the brink of Chickahominy.
He had just as much in his haversack as I had when we cut loose from the main column.
Round his person are slung field glasses, a prismatic compass, an empty haversack, and a gas helmet.
We had a knapsack, a haversack canteen and on our belts a pie plate, besides a musket and cartridges.
Edward returned to the front, gave up his haversack, and got another.
Each scout had his staff in his hand, and carried a haversack on his back.
Edward emptied them into the haversack he carried and went on to the next.
The men had nothing but what they carried in knapsack and haversack.
The infantryman carried a rifle, belt, haversack and canteen.
The better to do so, I went afoot, armed with a Henry rifle and carrying three days' rations in my haversack.
The humming ceased by degrees, and the hive eventually yielded several pounds of the sweetest honey, with which Ned Land filled his haversack.
The knapsack was heavy, the haversack was heavy, the musket was heavy.
Slung over his right shoulder are the issue linen haversack and a M1907 enameled iron water bottle and enameled iron drinking cup secured by twine on a linen shoulder strap.
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