gripsack

Example Sentences

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

From Andy Grant's Pluck by Alger, Horatio

His gripsack was securely fastened on his back, his walking stick was in his hand, his hat upon his head.

From At the Crossroads by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)

"That empty gripsack, man—when he left here he carried millions—I mean a great quantity of diamonds in it."

From The Diamond Master by Futrelle, Jacques

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

I went right straight to my room, packed up my "gripsack" and went to the proprietor for a settlement.

From A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life by Siringo, Chas. A.