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packer

[ pak-er ]

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.

  3. 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.



packer

/ ˈæə /

noun

  1. a person or company whose business is to pack goods, esp food

    a meat packer

  2. a person or machine that packs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of packer1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, pack 1, -er 1
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Example Sentences

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Samples from the vomit of students have been sent for lab testing, and police say they have questioned people handling the food, from cooks to packers to delivery workers.

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But when you pull out the petals, they transform into individual mini ashtrays, and the stamens become pokers or packers.

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"The FDA’s food safety inspections? Well, I’m sure some of the big meat packers would like that."

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Dave Willis, a horse packer who lives on monument land in Oregon, has been fighting for creation and preservation of the Cascade-Siskiyou monument for decades.

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A woman in her 50s, who asked not to be identified for fear of repercussions, told the BBC she was paid £4 an hour to work as a "packer" in various garment factories.

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