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packman|ˈpækmən|
[f. pack n.1 + man n.]
1. A man who travels about carrying goods in a pack for sale; a pedlar.
a1625J. Sempill (title) A Pick-tooth for the Pope: or the Pack-mans Pater-Noster, set down in a Dialogue betwixt a Pack-man and a Priest. Ibid. 1 The Priest said, Pack-man, thou must haunt the Closter, To learn the Ave, and the Pater noster. 1753Stewart's Trial 89 James..immediately dispatched Alexander Stewart packman. c1817Hogg Tales & Sk. V. 166 Auld Ingleby, the Liverpool pack⁓man. 1869Blackmore Lorna D. ii, I hoped that he would catch the packmen.
2. a. N. Amer. One who transports goods by means of pack-animals or in a pack on his own back.
1828in Kansas Hist. Q. (1936) Aug. 251, I & the two pack-men returned to the creek with six horses and all the baggage. 1847Ex. Doc. 31st U.S. Congress 1 Sess. House (1849) No. 5. iii. 627 Two of Judge Burt's packmen arrived today for provisions to take to the parties south. 1908W. R. Nursey Story Isaac Brock vi. 45 Brock would watch these packmen as, thus handicapped with a load weighing from two to five hundred pounds, they set out across the rough portage.
b. N.Z. A sheep-station handyman whose principal duties are conveying goods by pack-animal from camp to camp and cooking; hence also packman-cook.
1933L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 11 Nov. 15/7 Packer, packman, one who loads the packhorses and leads or drives them from camp to camp. He also cooks for the musterers. 1961B. Crump Hang on a Minute 76 The packman-cook [on the sheep-station] was a muttering-to-himself old man called Joe. 1963Weekly News (Auckland) 31 July 37/1 Packman-cook can be a tough job in some places. 1972P. Newton Sheep Thief vii. 51 ‘Come and get it or I'll chuck it out.’ The packman's rude yell rang through the hut and all hands stirred.
Hence ˈpackmanship, the office of a packman.
1831Blackw. Mag. XXX. 251 Denying the truth of his picture of packmanship. |