gripsack
Example Sentences
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I grasped my bundle and handed Paragot's dilapidated canvas gripsack to the patronne.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John
Mr. Wynne had transferred the contents of the gripsack to her, in a cab, on a crowded thoroughfare, right under his nose!
From The Diamond Master by Futrelle, Jacques
"That empty gripsack, man—when he left here he carried millions—I mean a great quantity of diamonds in it."
From The Diamond Master by Futrelle, Jacques
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 Jepson, Edgar
"Where are you going?" he asked, abruptly, with a glance at the gripsack.
From Andy Grant's Pluck by Alger, Horatio
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