1983, Wilma Stockenström, The Expedition to the Baobab Tree, translated by , London: Faber & Faber, p. 90,We had no waterbags. We lived on the veldfoods that quite by chance I had learned to pick out by keeping an eye on the bearers.
2010, Jean M. Auel, The Shelters of Stone, Somewhat later, Ayla picked up her waterbag to get a drink, found it empty, then put it down and forgot about her thirst.
2011, Lenore Layman & ‎Criena Fitzgerald , 110 degrees in the Waterbag, The men took their lunch, usually Romano cheese, ham or Italian sausage and bread, and a waterbag.