gripsack
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Andy sat down on the sofa and placed his gripsack in front of him.
From Andy Grant's Pluck by Horatio Alger
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 Chas. A. Siringo
Saturday morning he walked to the depot with a small gripsack in his hand and bought a ticket for New York.
From Chester Rand or The New Path to Fortune by Horatio Alger
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 Jacques Futrelle
"You've just got time to git your gripsack," Craddock said, coming forward as he spoke, but stopping a48 little to one side as if to allow Morgan passage to the door.
From Trail's End by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
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