Definition of Gustavus franklin swift

1. Noun. United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903).

Exact synonyms: Swift
Generic synonyms: Meat Packer, Packer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gustavus Franklin Swift

Gus
Gusii
Gussenbauer's suture
Gustav
Gustav Hertz
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Ludwig Hertz
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
Gustav Theodor Fechner
Gustave
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Flaubert
Gustavus
Gustavus Adolphus
Gustavus Franklin Swift
Gustavus I
Gustavus II
Gustavus V
Gutenberg
Gutenbergian
Guthrie
Guthrie test
Gutierrezia
Gutierrezia microcephala
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Gutierrezia texana
Gutnish
Guttiferae

Literary usage of Gustavus franklin swift

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1. From West to East by Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham (1907)
"The pamphlet records how, less than fifty years ago, Mr. gustavus franklin swift bought a heifer for twenty dollars and made a profit of ten dollars on that ..."

2. The Man of Tomorrow: A Discussion of Vocational Success with the Boy of Today by Claude Richards (1917)
"... About fifty years ago gustavus franklin swift, a farmer's boy of eighteen, was given $20 by his father with which to buy ..."

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