backsack

noun — 2 senses

backsack

noun

US, UK /ˈbækˌsæk/

Etymology Compound of back + sack, possibly influenced by backpack.

1

A backpack.

  • A moment passed, then a bent old man labouring unsteadily under a backsack shuffled slowly through the afternoon gloom toward the Pawn shop's front entrance.2012, Richard J. Sutcliffe, The Builder:
  • The cyborg slung a backsack over his shoulder and exited the cockpit.2025, Josh Coker, Past The Fringe, page 27:
2

Slang, Vulgar The back of the testicles.

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