gripsack

Example Sentences

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He had in his hand a gripsack purchased for him by Uncle Jacob, who also provided him with a fuller supply of184 shirts, socks, and underclothing than he had brought with him.

From Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret by Alger, Horatio

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 Futrelle, Jacques

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.

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

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 Howells, William Dean