pickaback

My father pacified me by taking me on his shoulders and carrying me "pickaback" up and down the shop, and I clung to him in the happy consciousness that I belonged to him, and that he would not let anybody else have me; though I did not feel quite easy until Captain

A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) Lucy Larcom 1858

"pickaback" on a man's shoulders; a nice, modest, good-looking young woman, her hair rubbed all over with _nkola_, a red pigment, made from the camwood, and much used as an ornament.

The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 David Livingstone 1843

I charged him once with being guilty of emotion when roaring round the den with the Son of Anak pickaback.

Local Color 2010

On the walk back from the Hrruban village -- until Hrrula had taken him pickaback -- his stride had matched his father's when he wasn't dancing ahead or jumping over obstacles.

Decision at Doona McCaffrey, Anne 1969

One, two, three, four -- Billiard is lugging Janie pickaback, and Mercy and Toady have made a chair for Rosslyn.

Tabitha's Vacation Ruth Alberta Brown

"But, Auntie!" cried Jennie, "he's not going to try to carry me pickaback, you know."

Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point Alice B. Emerson

He was sitting pickaback in a cloth on a powerfully-built servant, the ends of the cloth knotted on the man's forehead.

The Jungle Girl Gordon Casserly

Standing higher than the others on the edge of the breach was that giant who had brought Grandfather Fragini in pickaback, looking a young god on an escarpment of rock on Olympus.

The Last Shot Frederick Palmer 1915

"The giant who carried the old man in pickaback the first night of the war!"

The Last Shot Frederick Palmer 1915

Stransky bringing in Grandfather Fragini pickaback.

The Last Shot Frederick Palmer 1915