pickaback

[ pik-uh-bak ]

adverb

1. piggyback ( defs 1, 2 ).

pickaback

/ ˈpɪkəˌbæk /

noun

1. See piggyback
   another word for piggyback

Word History and Origins

Origin of pickaback¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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