pitkin poikin

Finnish

Alternative forms

• pitkin ja poikin

Etymology

From the instructive plurals of pitkä and poikki-.

Adverb

pitkin poikin

1. crisscross, far and wide, here and there, this way and that, every which way (crossing one another, or one's own path)

   Vietimme kesäloman ajelemalla Suomea pitkin poikin.

   We spent the summer vacation by driving crisscross in Finland.

Synonyms

• ristiin rastiin
• ympäri ämpäri