pickapack

pickapack
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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  • Pickapack — Pick a*pack , adv. Pickaback. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pickapack — see pickaback …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pickback — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pickpack — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pickback — ad. On the back, pickaback, pickapack, like a pack …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • pickaback — [pik′ə bak΄] adv., adj., vt. [var. of pickapack, pickpack, redupl. of PACK1] PIGGYBACK …   English World dictionary

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