Grip

[Carvill John]

Not much of a coincidence perhaps, but the word 'grip', meaning bag, stuck 
out in my
mind when I read the ATD excerpt, then since I happened to be nosing around 
online
booksellers for a hardback copy of GR tonight, I thought I'd look up that 
'they are in love,
fuck the war'passage via Amazon's 'search inside' feature, and noticed it 
used there
too. Funny noun, I've always thought, which I guess is why I happened to 
notice it.

GR page 41:

"Jessica has brought an old doll, seashells, her aunt's grip filled with 
lace knickers
and silk stockings."

ATD Excerpt:

"...young Willis Turnstone, freshly credentialed from the American School of 
Osteopathy,
had set out westward from Kirksville, Missouri, with a small grip holding a 
change of
personal linen, an extra shirt, a note of encouragement..."


Dictionary.com - which seems to have very recently had an interface revamp - 
offers:

"9 results for: grip
.
.
11. Older Use. a small traveling bag.
.
.
a portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes"


Cheers
JC