packthread
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of packthread
First recorded in 1300–50, packthread is from the Middle English word pakthrede. See pack 1, thread
Example Sentences
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He got a needle and some packthread and sat down on the afterhatch and suddenly made up his mind to do his best.
From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.
She would never be without some piece of packthread to twist in her hands, some napkin to tie in knots, some paper or wood to chew.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
The wind had been blowing strong from the south-east all the morning; and a gust of it caught the Elba's stern, and canted it suddenly round, when the small cable snapped like a packthread.
From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Forester, Thomas
One stiffened coat of fashionable silk, made to packthread stays.
From From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)
It was a dirty ball, wrapped round with several rags, and bound with packthread.
From Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing by Cutten, George Barton
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