gripsack
Example Sentences
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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
"Did any one see the boy go out with his gripsack?" he asked, as he returned.
From Andy Grant's Pluck by Alger, Horatio
So I'll try to find you something in my gripsack.
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold
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
When you told me, Mr. Latham, that the gripsack had contained diamonds when Mr. Wynne left here I knew instantly how he got rid of them.
From The Diamond Master by Futrelle, Jacques
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