kitbag
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kitbag (plural kitbags)
- (military, UK) A large cylindrical holdall.
- Synonym: (US, Australia) duffel bag
- 1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 371:
- Besides, whilst he had been in hospital, practically the whole of his equipment had disappeared from his kitbag – including Sylvia's two pair of sheets! – and he had no money with which to get more.
- 2022 March 4, Luke Harding, “Demoralised Russian soldiers tell of anger at being ‘duped’ into war”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Others have abandoned their vehicles and have set off back towards the Russian border on foot, lugging their weapons and kitbags, videos suggest.
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large cylindrical holdall — see duffel bag
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- Duffel bag on Wikipedia.Wikipedia