kit bag
or kitbag
a small bag or knapsack, as for a soldier.
Origin of kit bag
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How to use kit bag in a sentence
On the roughly laundered coverlet was a miniature brown kitbag, conspicuously new looking.
A Soldier of the Legion | C. N. Williamson"Well, that finishes our work," the large young man said, going to a kitbag in the corner of the cabin and getting out a bottle.
Uller Uprising | Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. CarrFrom the bottom of the kitbag he dug up a blue velours case, which after a moment's hesitation he opened.
The Drums Of Jeopardy | Harold MacGrathSleepily the bellboy lifted the battered kitbag and led the way to the elevator.
The Drums Of Jeopardy | Harold MacGrath“I thought you said Hollingworth had a pretty wife,” tranquilly rejoined the other, digging into his kitbag for a towel.
John Ames, Native Commissioner | Bertram Mitford
British Dictionary definitions for kitbag
/ (ˈkɪtˌbæɡ) /
a canvas or other bag for a serviceman's kit
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