bag drag
n.— «The service is going one step further and getting rid of the No. 1 irritant for troops deployed to Hungary and the former Yugoslavia: The bag drag they experience when they deploy from their home base.» —“Troops Heading For Bosnia Can Say Goodbye To ‘Bag Drag’” by Department Of The Us Air Force in Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database June 16, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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