Meaning of Packer whacker | Babel Free

Definitions

A portable defibrillator.

Australia, colloquial, informal

Examples

“2006, Taking heart, The Bulletin, Issues 6502-6509, page not known, Every NSW ambulance now carries the ultimate heart-starter, the Packer Whacker, thanks to a polo field drama and one man′s generosity.”

“It was no wonder the shipping insustry in Australia was flatlining under the Labor Party. You could not resuscitate the Australian shipping industry with a Packer whacker under Labor.”

“2009, Paul Barry, Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?: The James Packer Story, Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition, page 285, On this occasion, however, it was not his portable ‘Packer whacker’, but a device the size of a matchbox implanted in his chest.”

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