push-bike
[ poosh-bahyk ]
nounBritish.
a standard bicycle, operated by pedals rather than a motor.
Origin of push-bike
1First recorded in 1905–10
- Also push bi·cycle, push cy·cle .
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How to use push-bike in a sentence
To 1902 belong the first illustrations of the motor-bicycle and of "trailers" attached to the "push-bike."
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV. | Charles L. GravesHe got hold of a push-bike alongside the waggons for some distance, finishing up on a limber.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider | W. H. L. Watson
British Dictionary definitions for push-bike
push-bike
noun
British an informal name for bicycle
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