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packware

packware noun: goods carried in a pack, especially those for sale by a peddler.

Noun

packware (uncountable)

  1. Goods carried in a pack, especially those for sale by a peddler.
    • […] when he again set out on his former route, carrying with him a plentiful supply of copies, for the benefit of those who might prefer poetry to packware.1855, Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson, A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen: Melville-Young, page 470

Origin of packware

From pack + -ware.

Questions about packware

What does packware mean?
Packware means goods carried in a pack, especially those for sale by a peddler.
What part of speech is packware?
Packware is a noun.

Words near packware in the dictionary

  1. packthread
  2. packthreads
  3. packtong
  4. packtrain
  5. packtrains
  6. packware
  7. packwax
  8. packway
  9. packways
  10. Packwood
  11. Packwoods

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