gripsack

[ grip-sak ]

noun

, Older Use.

1. a traveling bag; grip.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gripsack¹

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; grip + sack ¹

Example Sentences

I went right straight to my room, packed up my "gripsack" and went to the proprietor for a settlement.

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The box is not in those 168 gripsacks; they are not large enough.

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Frank, who had just come from the railway station, had a gripsack in each hand.

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We sprang for the side-holts—my gripsack and I— It dangled—I dangled—we both dangled by.

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“Well,” drawled Nares, “there’s sixty pounds of niggerhead on the quay, isn’t there? and twenty pounds of salts; and I never travel without some pain-killer in my gripsack.”

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