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rucksack

[ruhk-sak, rook-] / ˈrʌkˌsæk, ˈrʊk- /
NOUN
backpack
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NOUN
knapsack
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One of the rescuers told the court she had her rucksack on and her head was tilted back.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

"It was indescribably nice, as if you've been hiking for a weekend with a massive rucksack - then you take the rucksack off and you feel you can float."

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

He would walk for 10 minutes and then lie on his back, still attached to his rucksack, for 10 minutes.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

On the night she died, she had packed her belongings into a suitcase and rucksack, suggesting she was preparing to leave, the court was told.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2025

“There’s food in yer rucksack to last you for a bit but you should make it stretch as far as you can, eating what fruit you find and anything you can hunt.”

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness