Definitions
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- noun Australia, New Zealand, UK a
pedal bicycle -- distinguished from a motor bicycle - verb Australia, New Zealand, UK to travel by pedal cycle
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bicycle that must be pedaled
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sam Whittingham tops 80mph – on a push-bike | clusterflock etc.
Sam Whittingham tops 80mph – on a push-bike | clusterflock 2009
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But this was a special occasion and the local traffic cops watched in awe as Sam Whittingham topped 80mph — on a push-bike.
Sam Whittingham tops 80mph – on a push-bike | clusterflock 2009
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My sister was killed in 1995 while on a push-bike waiting at a pedestrian crossing for the lights to change.
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I'm mostly loyal to my push-bike but I look back fondly on a year riding a moped - especially breaking the 30 mph speed limit coming down the hill outside Starford-on-Avon.
A stop at the Pee Shop and an argument over power wheelchairs Elizabeth McClung 2007
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It is said that if you wait long enough then your reward will come and so it proved earlier this week when my pathetic attempts to generate electricity on a push-bike on behalf of World Wildlife Cymru at the Royal Welsh Show were acknowledged by the arrival of a very smart-looking certificate.
Archive 2006-09-01 2006
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It is said that if you wait long enough then your reward will come and so it proved earlier this week when my pathetic attempts to generate electricity on a push-bike on behalf of World Wildlife Cymru at the Royal Welsh Show were acknowledged by the arrival of a very smart-looking certificate.
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I finally bought the push-bike I've been meaning to get for three years.
phluid61 Diary Entry phluid61 2004
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Hopkins retold his story of riding the push-bike to the shop in Birmingham Road to buy beer and crisps.
The Jigsaw Man Britton, Paul, 1946- 1997
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My mother asked me when my 13 th. birthday was in the offing if I wanted a push-bike or a Barmitzva.
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He got hold of a push-bike alongside the waggons for some distance, finishing up on a limber.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider William Henry Lowe Watson
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