packer

[ pak-er ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that packs.

  2. a person who engages in packing as an occupation or business, especially a person who packs food for market: a fruit packer.

  1. a penile prosthesis or other object of phallic shape placed in the crotch of one's clothing to create a bulge, often used by gender-diverse people as part of their gender expression: My new packer is made of silicon.

Origin of packer

1
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, see origin at pack1, -er1

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How to use packer in a sentence

  • These horses had no bridles, but as they always willingly followed the packers, no trouble was anticipated.

  • The packers came at length to the point where they were to turn back toward the shore.

  • Riprisintatives iv th' Chicago packers insisted that in time canary bur-rds cud be taught to eat pork chops.

    Mr. Dooley Says | Finley Dunne
  • Lastly, the packers had strong canvas tanks, as they were called, designed to hold food for a week and a fortnight respectively.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • Inside, spread along the eighteen-foot table would be the weighers, the bag-makers or machinists, and the packers.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson

British Dictionary definitions for packer

packer

/ (ˈpækə) /


noun
  1. a person or company whose business is to pack goods, esp food: a meat packer

  2. a person or machine that packs

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