packmen
- plural of packman.
Example Sentences
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In the guest-room were the "packmen," and some equally wild-looking girls.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
The packmen who walk round the villages for tradesmen are a different class altogether: the pedlar does not confine himself to one district, and he sells for his own profit.
From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard
Besides packmen, who would often be the medium by which letters were transmitted, there was in some Jewish communities a special class that devoted themselves to a particular branch of the profession.
From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel
Despite the cold--for the morning was sharp and frosty, though free from wind--there were half a dozen packmen drinking and squabbling before the inn, while the beasts they drove quenched their thirst at the trough.
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.
Despite the cold—for the morning was sharp and frosty, though free from wind—there were half a dozen packmen drinking and squabbling before the inn, while the beasts they drove quenched their thirst at the trough.
From A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley John
