gripsack
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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
One thing, however, he must have, and that was clothes, for in his haste he had come away with a gripsack and nothing more.
From The Admirable Tinker Child of the World by Jepson, Edgar
On Monday morning Andy stood on the platform of the railroad station with a good-sized gripsack in his hand.
From Andy Grant's Pluck by Alger, Horatio
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.
After he had washed his face and hands he opened his gripsack and took out his brush and comb, which he placed on a tiny bureau in one corner of the room.
From Andy Grant's Pluck by Alger, Horatio
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