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freighthopping
or freight hop·ping
[ freyt-hop-ing ]
/ ˈfreɪtˌhɒp ɪŋ /
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noun
the act of illegally and surreptitiously boarding and riding in or on a car of a freight train: After months of freighthopping around the West, I settled down to write a book.
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Also called train hop·ping .
Origin of freighthopping
OTHER WORDS FROM freighthopping
freight·hop·per, nounWords nearby freighthopping
freight agent, freight car, freight engine, freighter, freight forwarder, freighthopping, freight house, freightliner, freight pass-through, freight ton, freight train
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