pickaback
AdverbOpen English WordNet
Adverb (2)
- on a railroad flatcar“the trailer rode piggyback across the country”Synonyms: piggybackpig-a-back
- on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip“she carried her child piggyback”Synonyms: piggybackpig-a-back
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pick′a·back′ (pĭk′ȧ-băk′), adverb
On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written also pickapack, pickback, and pickpack.] Syn. — piggyback.
A woman stooping to take a child pickaback.— R,Jefferies.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC