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  • I would essentially become a packmule (what else is the ability to carry 300+ lbs good for?).

    D&D n’ able-bodied privilege « Love | Peace | Ohana 2007

  • Harper, still tied to the packmule, spat towards him, a gesture Sharpe chose to ignore.

    Sharpe's Rifles Cornwell, Bernard 1988

  • β€œHe affronted polite society, conformed to no one's dictates, lived like an ascetic and worked like a packmule,” says a contemporary.

    Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916

  • Then he returned to his tethered packmule and once more headed for the Buenavista Camp, carrying with him a discovery which made the night air as intoxicating as wine to his weary body.

    Never-Fail Blake Arthur Stringer 1912

  • "He affronted polite society, conformed to no one's dictates, lived like an ascetic and worked like a packmule," says a contemporary.

    Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Elbert Hubbard 1885

  • Women, who were treated like packmule breeders, had great challenges up until the 1920's: They were subject to legally-sanctioned, capricious murders by their husbands or bored crowds.

    Gay/Lesbian Forum 2010

  • Women, who were treated like packmule breeders, had great challenges up until the 1920's: They were subject to legally-sanctioned, capricious murders by their husbands or bored crowds.

    Gay/Lesbian Forum 2010

  • Or the hilarious Jeff Dumas as Patsy, Arthur's packmule serf who is in virtually every scene with Chamberlain.

    unknown title 2009

  • Women, who were treated like packmule breeders, had great challenges up until the 1920's: They were subject to legally-sanctioned, capricious murders by their husbands or bored crowds.

    Gay/Lesbian Forum 2009

  • Women, who were treated like packmule breeders, had great challenges up until the 1920's: They were subject to legally-sanctioned, capricious murders by their husbands or bored crowds.

    Gay/Lesbian Forum 2009

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