gripsack
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Then he pointed behind him, and blamed if he didn’t have two trunks, a gripsack and three gun cases.
From The Orphan by Mulford, Clarence E.
He had in his hand a gripsack purchased for him by Uncle Jacob, who also provided him with a fuller supply of184 shirts, socks, and underclothing than he had brought with him.
From Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret by Alger, Horatio
When you told me, Mr. Latham, that the gripsack had contained diamonds when Mr. Wynne left here I knew instantly how he got rid of them.
From The Diamond Master by Futrelle, Jacques
Saturday morning he walked to the depot with a small gripsack in his hand and bought a ticket for New York.
From Chester Rand or The New Path to Fortune by Alger, Horatio
With certain minor omissions he told of the cab ride to Sixty-seventh Street, the trip across to a downtown car, and, as a matter of convincing circumstantial detail, added the incident of the empty gripsack.
From The Diamond Master by Futrelle, Jacques
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