The explosive was kept in a blue and red "haversack", he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
The explosive was kept in a blue and red "haversack", he said. comment Note: By posting your comments here you agree to the. From Wordnik.com. [Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'] Reference
Kiddie had opened his haversack and taken from it a small canvas wallet, which he laid on the table in front of him. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
Each boat was equipped with an air-pillow, rubber blanket, rubber poncho, woollen blankets, rubber navy-bag and haversack. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Each carried buoys to be strung out during the swim to the beach, plus a haversack packed with 20 pounds of C-4 explosives. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Warriors] Reference
So he ate what food he had brought in his haversack, and, regardless of the driving rain, curled himself up to try to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
Varied experiments were made to see whether a pack or haversack was better and which way uppermost a shovel should be slung. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry] Reference
We then moved the poor fellow into a cutting about two feet deep and three feet wide, and arranged a haversack under his head. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
"Here, you c'n tumble out everything I've got in the haversack, if you want to, Step-hen," added the other, giving in finally. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol] Reference
Marching over heavy sand in the hot hours, even when the haversack has replaced the pack, soon produces an unparalleled drought. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
He took a long case containing a telescope, another carrier holding the tripod, two bandoliers of ammunition and a large haversack. From Wordnik.com. [The Emma Gees] Reference
She brought him water to drink, cleaned his plate after the meal and saw that his knife, fork, and spoon were put into his haversack. From Wordnik.com. [An Epoch in History] Reference
So marching directly into the camp, Bumpus plunged into the tent to which he was assigned, appearing with his haversack in his hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol] Reference
Stripped to the very essentials of a battle -- "Fighting Order" but carrying the valise on the shoulders and the haversack by the side. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
Captain Douglas, 42nd Battery, had also a marvellous escape, his horse having been wounded and his haversack ripped open by a splinter. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
I rather took it out of the train-master for pushing so far up, although I had lunched comfortably from the haversack of a dead Federal. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
We wore the haversack on our back containing mess tin, small kit, two days 'rations,' iron rations, 'pair of socks and waterproof sheet. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918] Reference
He took his rifle and revolvers with him, filled his haversack with food, and did not neglect to take his pocket box of surgical dressings. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
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