packmen
Itinerant goods vendors
Packmen is the plural of packman, an old-fashioned term for a peddler or traveling merchant who carried goods in a pack on his back.
These itinerant traders moved between towns and rural areas selling wares before the era of fixed retail shops.
The term survives mainly in historical contexts and regional dialects.
The packmen brought news from distant villages along with their merchandise.
Selling goods informally
- hawkingSport using trained raptors
- vendingSelling through machines
- barteringExchanging goods directly
- tinwareCoated metal household items
notions · sundries · trinkets · wares · marketplace · roadside · door-to-door · itinerant
peddling
Selling goods informally
tinware · notions · sundries · trinkets · wares · marketplace · roadside · door-to-door · itinerant · traveling
porters
Those who carry baggage
couriers · peddlers · hawkers · tinkers · chapmen · vendors · merchants · traders · deliverymen · messengers
load
Carried weight or burden
rucksack · haversack · satchel · bindle · swag · kit · gear · wares · goods · merchandise