packien.1
/ˈpaki/, U.S. /ˈpæki/, Scottish English /ˈpaki/, New Zealand English /ˈpɛki/ 1. Scottish and English regional (northern). A pedlar; = packman n. 1. Also in compounds, as packie-wares. Sc. National Dict. at pack n.1 records this sense as still in use in Caithness, Fife, and Kirkcudbright in 1965.In quot. 1891 used as a nickname or familiar title.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > itinerant or pedlar
pedder1166
pedlar1307
dustyfoota1400
tranter1500
hawker1510
jagger?1518
jowter1550
pedder-coffec1550
pedderman1552
petty chapman1553
swadder1567
packman1571
merchant1572
swigman1575
chapman?1593
aginator1623
crier1727
duffer1735
Jew pedlar1743
fogger1800
Jew1803
box wallah1826
packie1832
cadger1840
jolter1841
pack-pedlar1859
knocker1934
doorstepper1976
machinga1993
1832 D. Vedder Orcadian Sketches 46 Regularly transmuted into hard cash on the annual return of Charlie Chance, the Elgin packie.
1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 116 Yonder..Comes Packie owre the brig; An' country lads may noo gang braw.
1956 U. Venables Life in Shet. xi The glittering packie-wares unpacked upon her floor.
2. New Zealand colloquial. = packman n. 2b.
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1945 J. D. Pascoe in N.Z. Geographer 1 20 Next on the list is the ‘packie’—half-cook, half-handyman, always good with horses or mules—who takes blankets and provisions into ‘camp’.
1963 Weekly News (Auckland) 8 May 39/1 The packie happened to come in that morning for more bread.
1972 P. Newton Sheep Thief iv. 31 An old packie by the name of Paddy Roper lost two of his team there.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
packien.2
/ˈpaki/, U.S. /ˈpæki/ U.S. regional (New England).
= package store n. at package n. Compounds 2.
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1982 E. Chaika Speaking Rhode Island 7 Packie, affectionate name faw package staw.
1986 New Hampsh. Business Rev. (Nexis) 1 Oct. 35 ‘The price wars take a heavy toll on profits along the northern border, especially among the small packies,’ said one storekeeper. Package stores in Massachusetts advertise heavily and price competitively as well as offer a wide variety of wine and spirits to discourage border-hopping.
1999 R. B. Parker Hush Money 221 Stops by the packie on Boylston, couple times a week, and buys two, three bottles of wine.
2003 Boston Herald (Nexis) 21 Aug. 4 Prosecutors said the teens met at a Scituate party and were ‘going to the packy to get more beer’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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