gripsack

Example Sentences

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His gripsack was securely fastened on his back, his walking stick was in his hand, his hat upon his head.

From At the Crossroads by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)

He saw himself fighting and winning from the time when first he had set out with a gripsack to seek a fortune in the wide plains of the West.

From Colorado Jim by Goodchild, George

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

From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John

Whin, lo an' behold, down th' sthreet comes a ma-an fr'm th' counthry,—a lawyer fr'm Ohio, with a gripsack in his hand.

From Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War by Dunne, Finley Peter

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