packeryn.
/ˈpak(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈpækəri/ 1. Chiefly U.S. A factory where goods (esp. foodstuffs) are packed.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific jobs are done > [noun] > others
cutting room1700
pearl fishery1702
refinery1716
gin house1796
dressing shed1802
ginning house1819
boring-mill1833
sorting office1851
gut-scrapery1854
conditioning house1858
packery1861
washery1875
try-house1891
wet room1901
pump-out1935
1861 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 284 I'll give you a chance in the bakery with me; or Sam Bratley will take you into his brewery; or Bob into his pork-packery.
1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. X. 447 Broom factories, pork packeries, soap-works.
1932 Econ. Geogr. 8 2/2 At first cattle were slaughtered on the range, and only the hides and tallow marketed. This led to the development along the coast of packeries..that prepared these products for shipment.
1993 Newsday (Nexis) 10 Jan. 7 She took summer odd jobs, even venturing to Alaska during one law school vacation to can salmon at a fish packery.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > pack or parcel > a collection of
packery1891
1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians xii. 158 On his back his marvellous baggage was strapped... A pair of boots and his coat were tied with pieces of cotton-string to the whole packery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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