hitchhiker

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  1. a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles; one who hitchhikes.

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  1. a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles

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  • Buford's assailant was never apprehended, and he theorized that the hitchhiker was a "wanted man" who had panicked when he realized that he had crawled into a car with a lawman. —  The Twelfth Of August -The life story of Sheriff Buford Pusser
  • Mud is caked on my arms and legs in paisley shapes: I don't look like a hitchhiker; I look like a Vietnam vet. —  Songs of the Humpback Whale
  • While at school, he'd made his name as a hitchhiker, often claiming he'd spent the weekend in London without paying a penny to get there. —  Strip Jack
  • I ... ah ... picked up a hitchhiker, and turns out he's thinking of going computer soon, a fairly large company - " —  Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves
  • But he was strictly a primitive as a hitchhiker. —  Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
 

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