gripsack
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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
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
He had his hat on, and had the air of just having let himself in; his gripsack stood at his feet.
From The Coast of Bohemia by William Dean Howells
I had thought that traveling up and down the country with gripsack in hand was hard enough; but it is child's play to hand-shaking and hob-nobbing with duchesses and countesses.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper
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
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