gripsack

Example Sentences

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"Where are you going?" he asked, abruptly, with a glance at the gripsack.

From Andy Grant's Pluck by Alger, Horatio

I had thought that traveling up and down the country with gripsack in hand was hard enough; but it is child's play to hand-shaking and hob-nobbing with duchesses and countesses.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted

Bidding the conductor wait he hastened to his car, called for his gripsack, gave his assistant a volley of orders, and boarded a Pullman.

From The Daughter of a Magnate by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)

She packed her ball-gown in a gripsack and lit out of here two days ago, p'inting that way.

From Judith of the Plains by Manning, Marie

So I'll try to find you something in my gripsack.

From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold