gripsack
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So I'll try to find you something in my gripsack.
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss
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 William Dean Howells
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 Jacques Futrelle
She packed her ball-gown in a gripsack and lit out of here two days ago, p'inting that way.
From Judith of the Plains by Marie Manning
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 Horatio Alger
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