gripsack
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"I'll take your gripsack," said the man in shirt sleeves.
From Andy Grant's Pluck by Alger, Horatio
And just then I spied a wizened little mite of a woman trotting by, carrying a gripsack bigger than herself.
From A String of Amber Beads by Holden, Martha Everts
"Did any one see the boy go out with his gripsack?" he asked, as he returned.
From Andy Grant's Pluck by Alger, Horatio
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
He jumped to the ground, pulled out first his overcoat and gripsack, fortunately unharmed, then the paper parcels of oatmeal and hominy, sticky and dripping.
From Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes by Goodwin, Maud Wilder
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