gripsack

Example Sentences

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Andy sat down on the sofa and placed his gripsack in front of him.

From Andy Grant's Pluck by Alger, Horatio

I grasped my bundle and handed Paragot's dilapidated canvas gripsack to the patronne.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John

"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

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

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