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piggyback

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piggyback, pickaback
1. a ride on the back and shoulders of another person
2. Med of or relating to a type of heart transplant in which the transplanted heart functions in conjunction with the patient's own heart


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The state adopted a law in 2002 banning smoking around tot playgrounds in public parks, and Santa Clarita's more restrictive ordinance piggybacks on that law.
Engel also enhanced its E-Motion Combi series of all-electric multi-component machines (110 to 310 tons) with a new piggyback version that makes it easier to integrate automation, as well as a "premium" high-performance version.
From loon chicks hitching a piggyback ride, to a kangaroo joey in its mother's pocket, to a lion cub carried by the scruff of its neck, each picture shows a different mode of travel--as opposed to human toddlers, who can move about on a bike or a wagon
 
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