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Definition of Pickback
1. adv. On the back.
Definition of Pickback
1. piggyback, a ride on someone's back [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pickback
Literary usage of Pickback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Synonymous, Etymological, and Pronouncing English Dictionary: In which ...by William Perry, Samuel Johnson by William Perry, Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... s. an are not made to cut but pierce, an axe with a {harp point, a picker, an
infiniment to pick with- Pick'a-pack, ait. iu manner of a pack, pickback, ..."
2. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1879)
"Vid. Johnson, Sheridan, Barclay, Webster, Worcester. Use— 1 The fellow on this
odd emergence Carries him pickback lo the Surgeon's." Taylor—Old Epigram. ..."
3. The Nursery by Fanny P Seaverns, John L. Shorey (Firm (1873)
"Then, wait on the rock," said Rodney, " while I carry Rose, and set her down on
dry land. I will then come for you, and carry you pickback to the shore. ..."
4. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"They carry the baskets to land, and returning, bring the men pickback triumphantly
to shore. The lithe young girls seize the baskets and hurry up the cliffs ..."
5. Stories from Old-fashioned Children's Books by Andrew White Tuer (1900)
"... For all barbarous sports I now feel an aversion, And in nought but what's
harmless will seek for diversion. Ride on pickback my darling I ..."
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