Pickaback

Pickaback
Pickaback Pick"a*back` (p[i^]k"[.a]*b[a^]k`), adv. On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written also {pickapack}, {pickback}, and {pickpack}.]

Syn: piggyback. [1913 Webster +PJC]

A woman stooping to take a child pickaback. --R,Jefferies. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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