packie1
/ˈpaki/(also paikie, pakki)
noun
1 Scottish and English regional ( northern ). A pedlar; = packman.
2 NZ informal = packman.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in David Vedder (d. 1854), poet. From pack + -y, after packman.
packie2
/ˈpaki/(also packy) United States regional (New England )
noun
= package store.
Origin
1980s. From pack- + -y.
- get (or give someone) the hook
- get (or give someone) the push (or shove)
- get (or go) back to nature
- get (or go) nowhere
- get (or have) a load on
- get (or have) one's ducks in a row
- get (or have) one's end away
- get (or have) one's (own) way
- get (or have or give someone) the hump
- get (or have) someone by the short and curlies (or short hairs)
- get (or have) the goods on
- get (or have) the jump on someone
- get (or have) the worst of it
- get (or keep) one's eye in
- get (or keep) one's hand in
- get (or keep) the show on the road
- get (or lay)one's hands on
- get (or pull) one's finger out
- get (or put) someone's back up
- get (or receive) one's just deserts
- get (or sink) one's teeth into
- get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot
- get (or stick) the knife into (or in) someone
- get (or take) a rise out of
- get (or take or have) the bit between (or in) one's teeth