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pickaback

[ pik-uh-bak ]

pickaback

/ ˈpɪkəˌbæk /

noun

  1. another word for piggyback
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pickaback1

1555–65; earlier a pickback; pick 1, back 1
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Example Sentences

She came riding pickaback on a man's shoulders: this is the most dignified conveyance that chiefs and their families can command.

Sue begged, so Tom carried her pickaback, while Sue held tightly to her doll.

I charged him once with being guilty of emotion when roaring round the den with the Son of Anak pickaback.

Reduplication is responsible for pickaback, earlier pickpack, from pack, bundle.

Dot bobbed sleepily above the head of the man who carried her pickaback.

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