Synonyms for packet
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pak-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæk ɪt |
Définition of packet
Origin :- mid-15c., from Middle English pak "bundle" (see pack (n.)) + diminutive suffix -et; perhaps modeled on Anglo-French pacquet (Middle French pacquet), which ultimately is a diminutive of Middle Dutch pak. A packet boat (1640s) originally was one that carried mails. Packet-switching attested from 1971.
- noun small, often flat, bundle
- She thrust the packet into a side pocket and started to the garage with the coat.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- We have just hoisted the nun-lady on board an English packet.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- You see me in the plight in which I came out of the packet within this half-hour.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- She picked up a packet of the chocolate and looked at the name of the maker.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- My father began to open his morning's packet of letters and newspapers.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- I am flattered by the entertainment you tell me you have found in my packet.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- Alice laughed in response, and chose the topmost letter of the packet.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- The Prince stood by the window and undid the packet with trembling hands.
- Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
- We may take it that the sender of the packet is the man whom we want.
- Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
- In course of time the packet was folded up, and it only remained to write the answer.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
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