Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A velocipede.
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Examples
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Gee, I must be doing something wrong if *everyone* can blow 6K on a triathlon dandy-horse.
Über-Conformity: Death Before Individuality BikeSnobNYC 2010
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The true bicycle is a dandy-horse has a hemp-fiber belt drive and all parts sculpted from cold Soya margarine.
Green With Envy: Destroy the Enemy, Save the World BikeSnobNYC 2009
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In 1818 this meant a dandy-horse, so-called because Prinny and his dandy friends all bought one.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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In 1818 this meant a dandy-horse, so-called because Prinny and his dandy friends all bought one.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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The kindred invention of the "draisine," or dandy-horse was patented for Baron Drais of Sauerbron.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Edwin Emerson 1914
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