"pickaback" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} pickaback (not comparable)
  1. (Carried) on the back or the shoulders. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-pickaback-en-adv-mRANDspC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52

Verb

Forms: pickabacks [present, singular, third-person], pickabacking [participle, present], pickabacked [participle, past], pickabacked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} pickaback (third-person singular simple present pickabacks, present participle pickabacking, simple past and past participle pickabacked)
  1. (transitive) Dated form of piggyback (“carry someone on the back or shoulders”). Tags: alt-of, dated, transitive Alternative form of: piggyback (extra: carry someone on the back or shoulders)
    Sense id: en-pickaback-en-verb-WQz7oPx5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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