hitchhiker

• It had ridden beside her on the passenger seat, intrusive as a hitchhiker. —  Scottoline, Lisa - Mistaken Identity
• A college professor picks up a ragged hitchhiker, who seems to have a power to impose his will on those around him. —  Asimov's SF - February2006
• The hitchhiker, to his credit, insists on paying for his own meal, and seems unfazed that his hamburger, fries, and Coke cost him a little under a dollar. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 04 - April 1997
• It was also Paratime Policy to have a weapon drawn just in case the hitchhiker was dangerous, or a threat to the Paratime secret. —  Carr, John F, Kalvan Kingmaker (v1.0) (html).html
• There, Great King Kalvan, formerly Corporal Calvin Morrison of the Pennsylvania State Police, had accidentally boarded a conveyer in Europo-American, Hispano-Columbian as a Paratemporal hitchhiker, and was bumped off on Aryan-Transpacific, Styphon's House Subsector. —  Carr, John F, Kalvan Kingmaker (v1.0) (html).html

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