grub-sack

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a bag or sack in which to keep provisions while on the trail.

Quotations

1912

He mopped his forehead, and across a heap of grub-sacks saw John Bellew gazing at him, wintry amusement in his eyes.

1956

[The wolves] ripped his rabbit robe, dug into his grubsack, ate even a chunk of meat he had cooked in a pot.