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Boris bikes

Boris bikes is the plural of Boris bike.

Meaning of Boris bike

Noun

Boris bike (plural Boris bikes)

  1. (UK, informal) A bicycle offered for hire in London, England as part of a bike-share scheme launched in 2010.
    • Alan Waller, a sustainability analyst, says he is happy to be followed to the gym, provided the bikes are not referred to as "Boris bikes". "The scheme was secured under Ken Livingstone," he says. "Boris took all the credit. I try not to call them Boris bikes."[2014 July 26, Paula Cocozza, “A day in the life of a London Boris bike”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about Boris bikes

What is Boris bikes the plural of?
Boris bikes is the plural of Boris bike.

Words near Boris bikes in the dictionary

  1. boriranes
  2. borirene
  3. borirenes
  4. Boris
  5. Boris bike
  6. Boris bikes
  7. Boris bus
  8. Boris buses
  9. Boris's den
  10. Borises
  11. borishanskiite

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