packman
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of packman
Example Sentences
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The total effect was that of "some weird pedlar or packman."
From Time Magazine Archive
I have often heard that an old packman makes a good merchant—I am willing to try if an old merchant can make a good packman.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
Lucindy an' me bought 'em of the packman with our own money.
From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Bayne, Mary Addams
The messenger was not Simon Smith, the packman who periodically visited the neighborhood to sell his wares to the housewives thereabout, but a stranger.
From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Bayne, Mary Addams
The packman turned saint too and left his bones on Girur.
From Indian Fairy Tales by Anonymous
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