gripsack
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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 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
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 Marie Manning
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 Edgar Jepson
He jumped to the ground, pulled out first his overcoat and gripsack, fortunately unharmed, then the paper parcels of oatmeal and hominy, sticky and dripping.
From Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes by Maud Wilder Goodwin
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