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bicycle

/ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/ noun A1
  1. A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
  2. Any similar vehicle powered by human pedaling or steered with a handlebar, regardless of the number of wheels.
  3. A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
  4. The best possible hand in lowball.
  5. A slut; a promiscuous woman. (slang)
  6. A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
  7. The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball or High-low poker. (slang)
  8. A bicyclic molecule.

Plural bicycles

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Suppose I try my luck upon the bicycle?”
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 119 · C1
We have his description, his valise, his bicycle.
The Valley of Fear, p. 80 · C1
But don’t trouble to trace the mysterious gentleman upon the bicycle.
The Valley of Fear, p. 83 · C1
He touched the brim of the old plaid bicycle cap perched on the back of his head.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 35 · C1

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