hitchhiker
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A hitchhiker, a tall thin fair-haired youth looking not much above twenty, wearing faded jeans and an old leather jacket and carrying a few extra clothes in a canvas hold-all.
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- a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles; one who hitchhikes.
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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
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A hitchhiker, a tall thin fair-haired youth looking not much above twenty, wearing faded jeans and an old leather jacket and carrying a few extra clothes in a canvas hold-all.
— The Elvis Latte - I ... ah ... picked up a hitchhiker, and turns out he's thinking of going computer soon, a fairly large company - " — Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves
- "He can identify Al as the hitchhiker he picked up. — The Red Trailer Mystery
- But he was strictly a primitive as a hitchhiker. — Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
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