packman
Americannoun
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Origin of packman
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The total effect was that of "some weird pedlar or packman."
From Time Magazine Archive
I was astonished at the rapidity of my own sales—for all had heard of my misfortunes, and pitied me; and, if I was expected, no other packman had any chance.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
Says Jock, “I fell in wi’ a packman, and carried his pack a’ day, and he gae me a needle for’t, and ye may look for it amang the brackens.”
From Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland by Anonymous
"I'm the man," shouted Coristine to them, "the packman wi' a little pack."
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John
L Beneath love's heavy weight my falt'ring soul Plods, like the packman, o'er life's dusty road.
From Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan by Wilson, Epiphanius
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