packhorse
[pak-hawrs]
- a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- a person who works hard or bears a heavy load of responsibility.
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Origin of packhorse
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With this, he unhooked his nag from the wall, and clattered off to the "Packhorse."
I wish the 'Packhorse' was quit of him, maugre his laced coat.
Why, whence come you that know not the 'Packhorse,' nor yet Allerton township?
She was a shepherdess to the core, and hated the poor "Packhorse."
Then he returned to the "Packhorse," and told Mercy what he had done.
packhorse
- a horse used to transport goods, equipment, etc
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