packer

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


used for a pack-horse.

1875. Wood and Lapham, `Waiting for Mail,' p. 59:

«The boys took notice of a horse, some old packer he lookedlike.»

1890. `The Argus,' June 7, p. 4, col. 1:

«The Darling drover with his saddle-horses and packers.»

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