gripsack

Example Sentences

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Next he turned his attention to the gripsack, but that proved to contain only wearing apparel.

From Mark Mason's Victory by Alger, Horatio

"You've just got time to git your gripsack," Craddock said, coming forward as he spoke, but stopping a48 little to one side as if to allow Morgan passage to the door.

From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)

Whin, lo an' behold, down th' sthreet comes a ma-an fr'm th' counthry,—a lawyer fr'm Ohio, with a gripsack in his hand.

From Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War by Dunne, Finley Peter

He had his hat on, and had the air of just having let himself in; his gripsack stood at his feet.

From The Coast of Bohemia by Howells, William Dean

If a young man with a gripsack hailed me at the corner I was to stop and let him get in; then I was to go on up Fifth Avenue.

From The Diamond Master by Futrelle, Jacques