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Definition of Gustavus Franklin Swift
1. Noun. United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903).
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Literary usage of Gustavus Franklin Swift
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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