packman

[ pak-muhn ]

noun

, plural pack·men.

1. a peddler.

Word History and Origins

Origin of packman¹

First recorded in 1615–25; pack ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

You wad think she never had heard o' Willie Broonclod, the packman, that she sloped when she left doon the country.

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I'm witty at the expense of this poor packman; but, seriously, Katherine Kennedy must carry off her lover.

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I have as good a right to scholarship as my brother packman, Plato, who carried oil to Egypt.

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Good Master Packman, do of your grace tell me how a maid should earn that jewel?

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When he remembered he had been a packman in England it was exceedingly fine.

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