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Meanings of pig-a-back in English

Spanish
en un vagón-plataforma

On the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip.

        en un vagón-plataforma
        Synonyms
        Examples for "piggyback"
        Examples for "piggyback"
        1
        And then Mark Stein basically decides to use him for a piggyback.
        The Guardian
        2
        Their best chance is for ethanol to piggyback on a must-pass tax bill.
        Reuters
        3
        Solar farms can also piggyback on existing grid connections in nearby solar farms.
        Independent.ie
        4
        Soon, the Mini will piggyback off the free-to-air TV feed from the Mighty.
        News.com.au
        5
        Well, by trying to piggyback on the big Frankenstein musical's buzz of course.
        The Guardian
        1
        I am unable to carry you over that, pickaback.
        Ruth Fielding at the War Front; or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldie...
        2
        A giant Prussian bore a spectacled comrade pickaback.
        My Second Year of the War
        3
        The young men then decided that they would carry him pickaback by turns, and so they started.
        Earth Abides
        4
        I said, "You used to be little Mimsey Seraskier, and I used to carry you pickaback!"
        Peter Ibbetson
        5
        He carried her upstairs pickaback.
        Mary Olivier: a Life
        Usage of pig-a-back in English
        1
        And I'll carry Felicia pig-a-back.
        The Forbidden Trail
        Translations for pig-a-back
        Pig-a-back through the time