gripsack
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These he placed in a small gripsack which he carefully locked, saying to himself, as he looked around the room with a sigh, “Mike can have the rest.”
From The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West by A. Maynard (Anna Maynard) Barbour
I mean," he added hastily, "that beyond a mere hint of their value I know nothing whatever about the diamonds which Mr. Wynne had in the gripsack.
From The Diamond Master by Jacques Futrelle
Frank, who had just come from the railway station, had a gripsack in each hand.
From Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale by Burt L. Standish
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
"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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