packware

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noun

Goods carried in a pack, especially those for sale by a peddler.

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Meanings

nounpackware (uncountable)
  1. uncountableGoods 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

From pack + -ware.

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APA

packware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packware

MLA

“packware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packware. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “packware,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packware.

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