pick och pack

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pickpack (bag and baggage), originally from pack (baggage; supply). According to SAOB attested since 1620.

Compare with the rhyming structure of hipp som happ (willy-nilly), krimskrams, mischmasch, sicksack, sliddersladder, snicksnack, tingeltangel, virrvarr.

Compare with Danish pik og pak, Norwegian pikk og pakk, and German mit Sack und Pack.

Noun[edit]

pick och pack n

  1. All belongings needed for travel.
    • 1791, Carl Michael Bellman, “N:o 28. Tre Remmare”, in Fredmans sånger [Songs of Fredman]‎[1], page I.63:
      Och conjugera Amo;
      Hur han drack,
      Ölet stack,
      Kärlek hjärnen brydde;
      Movitz tog sitt pick och pack,
      Och lärdoms sätet flydde.
      And conjugate Amo;
      How he drank,
      The beer stung,
      Love the brain cared;
      Movitz took his bag and baggage,
      And the seat of learning escaped.
  2. (by extension) Everything a person take with them when they leave; bag and baggage.
    • 2022 July 11, Rebecca Stella, “Stora skiftet – därför kommer flera influencers försvinna: ”Vissa kommer inte att orka” [The big shift - therefore several influencers will disappear: "Some will not have the energy"]”, in Expressen[2]:
      Färre visningar på Youtube, lägre exponering på Instagram och fans som tar sitt pick och pack och flyttar till Tiktok.[sic]
      Fewer views on YouTube, lower exposure on Instagram and fans who take their bag and baggage and move to TikTok.

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