hitch-hikers

He turned out to be hitching home to Lithuania - had started this morning in Dover, got a ferry and by five o'clock was now just east of Brussels, which I bet is a real black hole for hitch-hikers.

April Books 1) The Emperor's Babe, by Bernardine Evaristo 50books_poc 2010

Aren't airy dreamers like me supposed to be free-spirited hitch-hikers?

Dakota Roger Weaver 2011

It struck me how rare it is to see hitch-hikers these days.

April Books 1) The Emperor's Babe, by Bernardine Evaristo 50books_poc 2010

I remember having a powerful fantasy that as an adult I'd be picking up hitch-hikers and telling the young people I picked up about the ways of the world.

David Hare: 'It's absurd, but I feel insecure' 2011

They didn't exactly sweep rapidly and decisively through the population; it's most likely that they are neutral hitch-hikers that surfed the wave of human expansion.

Neandertal! - The Panda's Thumb 2010

We thought it might have been fun to drive it all around the country, picking up random hitch-hikers, seeing a whole elephant without moving our vehicle … but we decided in the end it would probably be best to get something more manageable, so the next morning, a nice little mini-van was delivered toour hotel.

Double-Double Your Vacation (Part Two) « Peace Corps South Africa 2008

Why do people consider picking up hitch-hikers to be dangerous?

Hitch-Hiker's Guide to a Better Society: Bring Back the Thumb! 2009

Hitch-hiking, and picking up hitch-hikers, can be a way of breaking down that wall of isolation.

Hitch-Hiker's Guide to a Better Society: Bring Back the Thumb! 2009

It was overcast that afternoon and for a split second in time me and Willie Beck were bygone hobos—hitch-hikers—without a thought of trying to flag down a ride.

The Dadlands Saloon Jonathan Twingley 2009

In fact, hitch-hikers in my experience, have tended to be nice people — often worldly-wise, though maybe a little down on their luck.

Hitch-Hiker's Guide to a Better Society: Bring Back the Thumb! 2009