dandy-horse
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dandy-horse
noun dandy-horses · dandy horse
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A two-wheeled foot-propelled vehicle with no pedals or brakes; a draisienne.
In 1817 and in 1818, France and Germany both claimed they had come up with the first mechanism for a bike. It was a piece of wood with a wheel at one end and a wheel at the other, and you walked it along. In England, they called it a dandy horse.
Similar: hobby horse, draisienne
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noun two-wheeled foot-propelled vehicle
| Français | draisienne |
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