pooseback

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pooseback

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From papoose and back, with the form perhaps influenced by piggyback.

adverb

  1. US, dated, dialectal, not comparable, possibly piggyback Poquannum, then, took it pooseback, and carried it rapidly fifty rods further, […]

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"pooseback." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pooseback. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pooseback. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pooseback

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"pooseback." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pooseback.

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@misc{pooseback_2026,
  title = {pooseback},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pooseback},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}