gripsack

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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 Goodwin, Maud Wilder

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

And just then I spied a wizened little mite of a woman trotting by, carrying a gripsack bigger than herself.

From A String of Amber Beads by Holden, Martha Everts

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

From Andy Grant's Pluck by Alger, Horatio

"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 Ogden, George W. (George Washington)