Green’s Dictionary of Slang

to hitchhike.

1931		‘B. Starke’ Touch and Go 133: She told me she had hitched her way down to New Orleans a week before .
1943		W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 368: I was just hitchin’. These people let me ride.
1957		Kerouac On The Road (1972) 42: If I could tell you everything that happened to me hitching here.
1970		T. Parker Frying-Pan 17: We hitched out of London and went up to Norfolk.
1998		G. Burn Happy Like Murderers 243: Caroline [...] still hitched in from Cinderford.
2001		N. Griffiths Sheepshagger 45: I can’t pay yew, tho, cos I’ve got no money. Why I’m hitching, like.