packman
Americannoun
plural
packmenEtymology
Origin of packman
Example Sentences
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The total effect was that of "some weird pedlar or packman."
From Time Magazine Archive
Wilson," said I, "do you think I could be converted into a packman?
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
Davy plucked at his mother's skirts and reminded her that he was to be finally breeched when the packman came round, and he was not disappointed.
From The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty by Banks, Mrs. G. Linnaeus
I'm witty at the expense of this poor packman; but, seriously, Katherine Kennedy must carry off her lover.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
Just as Jonathan, the packman, was stepping into his boat, the cook looked through one of the port-holes and asked him if he had any need for the Buccaneer's lion.
From The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day by Clynton, Richard
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