单词 | packman |
释义 | packmann. 1. An itinerant trader who carries goods in a pack for sale; a pedlar. Now regional (chiefly Scottish and North American). ΘΚΠ 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 1571 Crail Burgh Court 1 June in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1983) V. 272/1 Ilk chaipman pakman [to pay toll of] j d. a1625 J. 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. 1685 in R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1722) II. iii. viii. 441 You are likewise to cause the whole Pack-men, Cadgers and Drovers, within the Bouds of your Shire, find Caution not to carry letters or Intelligence to the Rebels. 1702 R. Wodrow Analecta I. 26 A packman or beggar came to Crossbriggs his house, at night, and sought lodging. 1789 R. Burns Let. 19 June (2001) I. 417 Forgive this seeming neglect in a careless fellow of an indolent Poet, who is as lazy as the Packman that laid down his pack until he would f—t. 1824 J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 302 Auld Ingleby, the Liverpool packman. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. ii. 9 I hoped that he would catch the packmen. 1979 3rd Statist. Acct. Scotl. 238 It is rare to see a tinker, a drainer, a ditcher or even a packman in the district. 1999 Jewish Bull. N. Calif. (Electronic ed.) 1 Oct. 33 a The first Jew we meet is a ‘pack man’, a door-to-door salesman of cloth and fabrics. 2. a. North American. A person who transports goods by means of pack animals or in a backpack. Cf. packer n.1 2b, 3a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > conveyance by pack-animals > one who sumpterc1290 mayoral1598 sumpter boya1616 packer1694 packhorse man1725 cargador1811 packman1828 1828 I. McCoy Jrnl. 13 Sept. in Kansas Hist. Q. (1936) Aug. 251 I & the two pack-men returned to the creek with six horses and all the baggage. 1847 in Executive Documents U.S. House of Representatives (31st Congress, 1st Sess.) (1849) No. 5. iii. 627 Two of Judge Burt's packmen arrived today for provisions to take to the parties south. 1908 W. 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. 1987 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 23 July 8/1 I found a reference to a Vaughn who in 1740 went as a packman with traders to the Cherokees. b. New Zealand. A sheep station handyman whose principal duties are cooking and conveying goods by pack animal from camp to camp. ΚΠ 1910 Awards, Recomm. (N.Z. Dept. Labour) 584 The minimum rate of wages to be paid to packman with dog shall be 10s. 6d. per day. 1961 B. Crump Hang on a Minute Mate 76 The packman-cook [on the sheep-station] was a muttering-to-himself old man called Joe. 1972 P. 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. 1997 Press (Christchurch) (Nexis) May 15 An astonishing lifetime with horses—breaking them in, droving,..working as a packman for mustering teams, and working as a shepherd. 3. Rugby (chiefly Rugby League). A player who plays in the pack; a forward. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position full back1875 goal kick1875 No. eight1876 goalkicker1879 three-quarter back1880 handler1888 three-quarter1889 heeler1892 scrum half1894 lock forward1898 standoff1902 five-eighth1905 hooker1905 threes1905 flying half1906 loose head1907 standoff1908 fly-half1918 fly1921 inside half1921 outside half1921 scrum1921 inside centre1936 flank forward1937 out-half1949 prop1950 prop forward1951 number eight1952 flanker1953 tight head1959 back-rower1969 second rower1969 striker1973 packman1992 1992 Press Assoc. Newswire (Nexis) 10 Dec. Wigan full-back Joe Lydon and second row forward Denis Betts are set to return from injury, although packman Billy McGinty is doubtful with a thigh strain. 1998 Sunday Mirror 15 Nov. 59/2 Not even a punch-up with Springbok hooker James Dalton could upset his concentration while fellow packman Scott Quinnell made his presence felt with one thumping tackle on Andre Venter. 2001 Times 17 Nov. There were indications early in his career at Warrington that Sculthorpe was more than just a non-stop running and tackling packman. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > itinerant or pedlar > condition of being packmanship1831 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 251 Denying the truth of his picture of packmanship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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