pickaback

[ pik-uh-bak ]

/ ˈpɪk əˌbæk /

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adverb, adjective

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Origin of pickaback

1555–65; earlier a pickback;see pick¹, back¹

Words nearby pickaback

pi character, pichiciago, pichiciego, Picinni, pick, pickaback, pickaback plane, pickaback plant, pick a bone with, pick and choose, pick and mix

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How to use pickaback in a sentence

She came riding pickaback on a man's shoulders: this is the most dignified conveyance that chiefs and their families can command.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868|David Livingstone
Sue begged, so Tom carried her pickaback, while Sue held tightly to her doll.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While|Laura Lee Hope
I charged him once with being guilty of emotion when roaring round the den with the Son of Anak pickaback.
Moon-Face and Other Stories|Jack London
Reduplication is responsible for pickaback, earlier pickpack, from pack, bundle.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)|Ernest Weekley

Dot bobbed sleepily above the head of the man who carried her pickaback.
The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies|Grace Brooks Hill

British Dictionary definitions for pickaback

pickaback

/ (ˈpɪkəˌbæk) /

noun, adverb, adjective, verb

another word for piggyback

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