pickaback

English

Adverb

pickaback (not comparable)

1. 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

Usage notes

• Used especially of something or somebody being carried in this manner.

Descendants

• piggyback