"pooseback" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Etymology: From papoose and back, with the form perhaps influenced by piggyback. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} pooseback (not comparable)
  1. (US, dialects, possibly dated) piggyback Tags: US, dated, dialectal, not-comparable, possibly
    Sense id: en-pooseback-en-adv-f00sHWJu Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "Poquannum, then, took it pooseback, and carried it rapidly fifty rods further, […]",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "1870, A free and independent translation of the first and fourth books of the Aeneid, page 10:",
          "text": "The hero who valiantly cudgeled his cruel Greek foes back,\nWhile safely he brought off his aged old ancestor pooseback?",
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