One of the wires, slipping from its temporary Gripper, swirled with an extraordinary sound into the roadway, and writhed there in spirals.
"Tales of the Five Towns"
Arnold Bennett
Give me your Gripper, my dearie, she seized his wrist and bent back the palm of the hand to trace the lines with a dirty finger.
"Red Money"
Fergus Hume
Of course, I suppose that it's old stuff to you, but I'm a ground-Gripper, you know, and I could look at it forever, I think.
"Triplanetary"
Edward Elmer Smith