gripsack
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After he had washed his face and hands he opened his gripsack and took out his brush and comb, which he placed on a tiny bureau in one corner of the room.
From Andy Grant's Pluck by Alger, Horatio
If a young man with a gripsack hailed me at the corner I was to stop and let him get in; then I was to go on up Fifth Avenue.
From The Diamond Master by Futrelle, Jacques
Next he turned his attention to the gripsack, but that proved to contain only wearing apparel.
From Mark Mason's Victory by Alger, Horatio
She packed her ball-gown in a gripsack and lit out of here two days ago, p'inting that way.
From Judith of the Plains by Manning, Marie
When you told me, Mr. Latham, that the gripsack had contained diamonds when Mr. Wynne left here I knew instantly how he got rid of them.
From The Diamond Master by Futrelle, Jacques
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