kitbag

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English

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Australian soldier with kitbag (1942)

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From kit +‎ bag.

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kitbag (plural kitbags)

  1. (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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