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 Maud Wilder Goodwin
"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
So I'll try to find you something in my gripsack.
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss
"Did any one see the boy go out with his gripsack?" he asked, as he returned.
From Andy Grant's Pluck by Horatio Alger
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
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