piggybacker

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

piggyback +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

piggybacker (plural piggybackers)

  1. One that piggybacks.
    • 1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 684:
      The largest piggybacker, Pennsylvania, affords a more typical illustration of the traffic thus far generated by various plans; today Pennsy's T.O.F.C. share is 43 per cent Plan I, 32 per cent Plan II and 24 per cent Plan III.