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packie

/ˈpaki/
(also pakki, paikie)
noun
1 Scottish and English regional (northern). A pedlar; = "packman".
2 NZ informal= "packman"
noun
New England, United States Regional
Package store.

Origin
From pack + -y, after packman<br>1980s. From pack- + -y.

Peter Puchera, proud to be a packie, peddling his locally distilled gin, exits the local packie which has just purchased the last of his hooch (the stuff with all the necessary taxman's labels).