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packer

/ˈpækɚ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
  2. Clipping of meatpacker.
  3. A software program that compresses code or data.
  4. A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.
  5. An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.
  6. An object inserted to hold a space open for the purpose of alignment; a spacer or shim.
  7. A kind of trunk for luggage.
  8. A packhorse.
  9. A dustpan.
  10. A person who plays football for the Green Bay Packers professional football team.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English pakker, pakkere, packare, equivalent to pack + -er.

  1. pakker(Middle English)
  2. packer (English)
  3. Relations: inh

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