Well, sir, you see, packmen at times carried a lot o' money about with them; and it did happen now and then that lonely packmen were robbed and murdered.
There was packmen then, and perhaps just here and there one got murdered; but now they are all put out of the way, which is worst of all.
The painted sign is a pictorial allusion to the ancient wayfaring days when packmen journeyed through the country with their wares on horseback, and accompanied by a faithful dog who kept guard over his master's goods.
Norman Hylton had not followed the packmen beyond the gate.
On the cobbles of the “Cross Pipes,” opposite the Piece Hall, packmen were loosing the wame-tows of a string of horses.
The bells of an approaching pack jangled, thepackmen gave them good morning, and the jangling died away behind them.
Abe and Saunders would conduct this expedition, while Kars and Bill traveled via Fort Mowbray, with Peigan Charley, and an outfit of packs and packmensuch as it was their habit to journey with.
Even the Indian packmen were stirred out of their usual indifference to things beyond their labors.
It is pleasant to hear Wordsworth speak of his own "personal knowledge" of packmen or pedlars.
Most small packmen were then, in some measure, what Wilson says they were generally esteemed to be--peddling pilferers, and insignificant swindlers.
Then I sat down and told her all the stories I had read out of Virgil and Caesar, and all that I had heard of the wars in England and abroad, and the tales of the countryside which the packmen had told me.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "packmen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
