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ruck⋅sack

[ruhk-sak, rook-]
–noun
a type of knapsack carried by hikers, bicyclists, etc.

Origin:
1890–95; < G: lit., back sack
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ruck·sack   (rŭk'sāk', rŏŏk'-)   
n.  A knapsack.

[German : dialectal Ruck, back (from Middle High German rück, ruck, from Old High German hrukki; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots) + Sack, sack (from Middle High German sac, from Old High German, from Latin saccus; see sack1).]
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