draisienne

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draisienne

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Borrowed from French draisienne. Named after Karl Drais.

noun draisiennes

historical dandy-horse, hobby horse I looked to the right, where velocipedes with huge art-nouveau wheels and draisiennes with their flat, scooterlike bars evoked gentlemen in stovepipe hats, knights of progress pedaling through the Bois de Boulogne.

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"draisienne." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/draisienne. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{draisienne_2026,
  title = {draisienne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/draisienne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}