jaywalk

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The verb jaywalk is a back formation on the noun jaywalker, because no other model of derivation produces English compounds made up of a noun followed by a verb.

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  • He emitted a series of howls which filled the station with uniformed officers, but not before Doc Savage was safely on his way On the street, he discovered it highly dangerous to jaywalk, and but by the grace of an agile leap did he escape the wheels of a speeding motorist. —  026 - The Spook Legion
  • A woman with me suggested I jaywalk to see if they'd give me a ticket as they had two people earlier - both of them black.
  • There, my eyes would focus on the busy road we used to jaywalk across on our way to a neighborhood bar. —  Independent Weekly: All Recent Stories
  • Otherwise the cops wouldn't get a block away from their headquarters as I see cops and pedestrians jaywalk constantly on 2nd and 3rd. —  Portland Mercury
  • That location where the accident occured, to jaywalk and cross loop250 is about 100 feet.
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