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string-team B.C., Hist. 
n. a pack-train of mules or horses, capable of making better time than oxen.
See also: pack-train
- 1912 . . . I tote the cargoes over there by sleigh. There my contract ends, because Tearful George takes on with his string team down to the railroad.
- 1930 String-teams . . . carried less freight, never more than fifteen tons.
- 1912 . . . I tote the cargoes over there by sleigh. There my contract ends, because Tearful George takes on with his string team down to the railroad.