Pickaback

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pickaback
       adv 1: on a railroad flatcar; "the trailer rode piggyback across
              the country" [syn: {piggyback}, {pig-a-back}]
       2: on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip; "she
          carried her child piggyback" [syn: {piggyback}, {pig-a-back}]