gripsack
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gripsack
Vocabulary lists containing gripsack
Example Sentences
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They found things in it similar to those found in Jack's gripsack, with the exception of a book which Julian had purchased to read on his journey, the leaves of which were uncut.
From The Haunted Mine by Harry Castlemon
He had a great mind to go upstairs and get his gripsack.
From Andy Grant's Pluck by Horatio Alger
We sprang for the side-holts—my gripsack and I— It dangled—I dangled—we both dangled by.
From The Old Soldiers Story Poems and Prose Sketches by James Whitcomb Riley
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 Finley Peter Dunne
He had his hat on, and had the air of just having let himself in; his gripsack stood at his feet.
From The Coast of Bohemia by William Dean Howells
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