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bicycle wrenches

bicycle wrenches is the plural of bicycle wrench.

Meaning of bicycle wrench

Noun

bicycle wrench (plural bicycle wrenches)

  1. (dated, chiefly 1880s-1920s) Any wrench meant for or considered to be mainly for the purpose of repairing bicycles.
  2. (dated, chiefly 1900s-1920s) Any small and handy wrench as might be well suited for repairing bicycles, but not limited to bicycle use.
    • With the boom in the bicycle business [1890s] there came an excellent opportunity for wrench makers, and the large number of "bicycle" wrenches that have survived [1914] make plain how well the opportunity was embraced. Obviously, these bicycle wrenches are quite as useful around an automobile as...1914 January 15, [Editors], “Usefulness of bicycle wrenches”, in Motor World, volume 38, number 4, page 34

Questions about bicycle wrenches

What is bicycle wrenches the plural of?
Bicycle wrenches is the plural of bicycle wrench.

Words near bicycle wrenches in the dictionary

  1. bicycle tire
  2. bicycle tires
  3. bicycle touring
  4. bicycle tourist
  5. bicycle wrench
  6. bicycle wrenches
  7. bicycleability
  8. bicycleable
  9. bicycled
  10. bicycleless
  11. bicyclelike

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