pickaback
English
Adverb
pickaback (not comparable)
- On the back or the shoulders
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2
- For, as our modern wits behold, / Mounted a pick-back on the old, / Much further off; much further he / Rais'd on his aged beast, could see
- 1949, Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart
- The young men then decided that they would carry him pickaback at turns, and so they did.
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2
Usage notes
- Used especially of something or somebody being carried in this manner.
Descendants
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