packthread
Americannoun
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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
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It was tied with pink packthread instead of ribbon.
From A Little Country Girl by Susan Coolidge
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 William M. (William Makepeace) Thayer
Remnants of packthread and old cakes of Roses Were thinly scatter'd, to make up a show.
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
I thought so too, and grew the warmer at being unable to find a wisp of osier or a roll of packthread in the house.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Walter Savage Landor
The hives are fastened to each other by laths placed on a thin packcloth, which is drawn up on each side and tied with packthread several times round their tops.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
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