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  • verb Alternative spelling of hitchhike.

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Examples

  • I will hitch-hike south to San Francisco and be found knocking on the door by the wife of Willie Mays.

    Flash fiction from a runaway boy David Krancher 2012

  • We were all blessed and grateful to hitch-hike this voice that probably flirted with the Heavens, if even for the briefest of moments.

    Wajahat Ali: A Mosque Story Wajahat Ali 2011

  • We were all blessed and grateful to hitch-hike this voice that probably flirted with the Heavens, if even for the briefest of moments.

    Wajahat Ali: A Mosque Story Wajahat Ali 2011

  • PS You never told me about attempting to hitch-hike when you were only six! poetinparadise

    On this day in history « Squares of Wheat 2010

  • It was a common sight in those days to see hippies and bedraggled creatures dressed in costumes of all sorts, and everybody would hitch-hike everywhere.

    The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 19 2010

  • I used to hitch-hike a lot in my late teens and early twenties, the longest stretch being a two-day trip from Brussels to Bologna immediately after my finals.

    Eight things tchernabyelo 2008

  • And one fine afternoon in March, I got this wild hair to hitch-hike up to Eugene and visit him.

    My Trip to Grants Pass in 1975 2009

  • The road beckoned, and so I contacted a friend, Charlie Vidich, and proposed that we hitch-hike to Alaska, it being the most remote place I could think of that we could get to overland without a passport.

    Hitch-Hiker's Guide to a Better Society: Bring Back the Thumb! 2009

  • Hitch-Hiking from Marin County to Grants Pass, in 1975 yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Hitch-Hiking from Marin County to Grants Pass, in 1975'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: I was living in Marin County, and my freshman roomie and his wife were both Poly Sci profs at the U of O, and I got this wild hair to hitch-hike to Eugene and visit them.'

    Hitch-Hiking from Marin County to Grants Pass, in 1975 2009

  • Unless the troops are planning to hitch-hike back home a beg for food while unarmored, I'd argue that isn't that good of a plan.

    Hillary On The Debate: Obama Is "Very Frustrated" 2009

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