breadbag

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Alternative forms

bread-bag

Etymology

From bread +‎ bag.

Noun

breadbag (plural breadbags)

(nautical, historical) A canvas sack for the storage of hardtack.
- 1871, Nautical Magazine, page 36:
  […] with a breadbag full of straw for a mattress.

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