Meanings
adverbpooseback (not comparable)
- USdateddialectalnot comparablepossiblypiggyback
Poquannum, then, took it pooseback, and carried it rapidly fifty rods further, […]
1857, Putnam's Monthly, volume 10, page 2281 more example
The hero who valiantly cudgeled his cruel Greek foes back, While safely he brought off his aged old ancestor pooseback?
1870, A free and independent translation of the first and fourth books of the Aeneid, page 10
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Origin
From papoose and back, with the form perhaps influenced by piggyback.
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pooseback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pooseback
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“pooseback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pooseback. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pooseback,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pooseback.
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