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to travel by securing free rides
  • another one of those novels in which the hero undertakes a journey of self-discovery by hitchhiking around the country

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“Hitchhike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitchhike. Accessed 30 Sep. 2020.

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