gripsack
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gripsack
Vocabulary lists containing gripsack
Example Sentences
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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 Jacques Futrelle
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 George Goodchild
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 Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
"I'll take your gripsack," said the man in shirt sleeves.
From Andy Grant's Pluck by Horatio Alger
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 Jacques Futrelle
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