gripsack

Example Sentences

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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

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 Alger, Horatio

On Monday morning Andy stood on the platform of the railroad station with a good-sized gripsack in his hand.

From Andy Grant's Pluck by Alger, Horatio

With certain minor omissions he told of the cab ride to Sixty-seventh Street, the trip across to a downtown car, and, as a matter of convincing circumstantial detail, added the incident of the empty gripsack.

From The Diamond Master by Futrelle, Jacques

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 Siringo, Chas. A.