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noun
A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
Clipping of meatpacker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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noun
A software program that compresses code or data.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.
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noun
An object inserted to hold a space open for the purpose of alignment; a spacer or shim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand
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noun
A kind of trunk for luggage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
A packhorse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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noun
A dustpan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Nigeria
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noun
A person who plays football for the Green Bay Packers professional football team.
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noun
a hiker who wears a backpack
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: backpacker
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Broader terms: hiker, tramp, tramper
noun
a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: meat packer
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Broader terms: jobber, middleman, wholesaler
Narrower terms: Swift, Gustavus Franklin Swift
noun
a workman employed to pack things into containers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bagger, boxer
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Broader terms: workman, workingman, working man, working person
History
From Middle English pakker, pakkere, packare, equivalent to pack + -er.
Across languages
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