tagalong

tagalong
tag|a|long [ˈtægəlɔŋ US -lo:ŋ] n
1.) BrE something that is attached to and pulled behind something else
The tagalong attaches to an adult's bicycle.
2.) someone who goes somewhere with someone else
We were tagalongs on my parents' vacations.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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