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Look up: piggyback

  1. piggyback
    The transporting of a loaded truck trailer on a flat railcar. See trailer on flat car.
    Found on http://www.fmi.org/facts_figs/glossary_s

  2. piggyback
    [adv] - on a railroad flatcar 2. [adv] - on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip 3. [v] - ride on someone`s shoulders or back 4. [v] - haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars 5. [v] - haul by railroad car 6. [v] - carry on the back or shoulders 7. [v] - support on the back and shoulders
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. piggyback
    (nautical) to install anchors behind each other in tandem
    Found on http://www.workover.co.uk/og/p.htm

  4. Piggyback
    Multi-ply P.S. laminate consisting of a face stock; a layer of adhesive; a standard release liner; a layer of adhesive; and a standard release liner. This type of product provides a single label that can be applied to a substrate using the adhesive on the middle liner; then the top ply is removed and applied to a different substrate using the adhes...
    Found on http://www.britishprint.com/tw/glossary.

  5. piggyback
    of or relating to the hauling of truck trailers on railroad flatcars (-- service; -- cars). Category: Transport • to carry(truck trailers)by railroad on flatcars Category: Transport • two broadcast commercials aired one after the other featuring two different products of the advertiser. Category: Commerce - movement of goods • two broadcast commercials aired one...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. piggyback
    pickaback adverb on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip; `she carried her child piggyback`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. piggyback
    noun the act of carrying something piggyback
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. piggyback
    (pig´e-bak″) supplementary or added on; used to refer to a type of intravenous infusion.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  9. Piggyback
    (1) A direct mail offer that is included free with another offer. (2) Two commercials which are shown back-to-back by the same sponsor.
    Found on http://advertising.utexas.edu/resources/


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10 February 2010

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