gripsack

Example Sentences

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That excellent person who carried the gripsacks of greatness so long that he thought the luggage was his own, Major James B. Pond, launched at least one good thing.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Hubbard, Elbert

The box is not in those 168 gripsacks; they are not large enough.

From The Haunted Mine by Castlemon, Harry

Big Bruce Browning came up with friendly words of greeting, and as Dismal had predicted, he set down his gripsacks in order to get his hands free.

From Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale by Standish, Burt L.

The students laughed again, picked up their gripsacks and prepared to separate.

From Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale by Standish, Burt L.

Going there, I saw a large pile of gripsacks and other baggage, and thought that I discovered mine.

From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)