The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried

What was the other word used for carried?

To carry something was to ? it

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To carry something was to hump it, as when Lieutenant Jimmy Cross humped his love for Martha up the hills and through the swamps. In its intransitive form, to hump meant to walk, or to march, but it implied burdens far beyond the intransitive.

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The Things They Carried