gripsack

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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

We sprang for the side-holts—my gripsack and I— It dangled—I dangled—we both dangled by.

From The Old Soldiers Story Poems and Prose Sketches by Riley, James Whitcomb

He saw himself fighting and winning from the time when first he had set out with a gripsack to seek a fortune in the wide plains of the West.

From Colorado Jim by Goodchild, George

He had a great mind to go upstairs and get his gripsack.

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