Usually means: Bag carried on one shoulder.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. halter-sack: Wordnik
  2. halter-sack: Wiktionary
  3. Halter-sack: Dictionary.com
  4. Halter-sack: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. halter-sack: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Halter-sack: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. halter-sack: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Halter-sack: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. halter-sack: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (halter-sack)

▸ noun:  (obsolete, derogatory) Someone fit to be hanged; a scoundrel.

Similar:
slip-halter, wag-halter, sliphalter, waghalter, gallows, hang dog, gallows bird, hanger and flogger, ball sack, loiter-sack, more...

Opposite:
satchel, backpack, knapsack

Types:
burlap, feed, flour, grain, sugar, coffee, tea, rice, more...

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Similar:
slip-halter, wag-halter, sliphalter, waghalter, gallows, hang dog, gallows bird, hanger and flogger, ball sack, loiter-sack, more...

Opposite:
satchel, backpack, knapsack

Types:
burlap, feed, flour, grain, sugar, coffee, tea, rice, more...



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