PICKABACK

piggyback, pickaback, pig-a-back

(adverb) on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip; “she carried her child piggyback”

piggyback, pickaback, pig-a-back

(adverb) on a railroad flatcar; “the trailer rode piggyback across the country”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adverb

pickaback (not comparable)

On the back or the shoulders

Usage notes

• Used especially of something or somebody being carried in this manner.

Source: Wiktionary


Pick"a*back`, adv.

Definition: On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written also pickapack, pickback, and pickpack.] A woman stooping to take a child pickaback. R,Jefferies.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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