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dandy horse

dandy horse is the alternative form of dandy-horse.

Meaning of dandy-horse

Noun

dandy-horse (plural dandy-horses)

  1. (UK, historical) 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.1998 November 29, Eric Epstein, “A Passion for Old Bicycles Spun Into a Museum”, in New York Times, retrieved 31 May 2014

Forms of dandy horse

pluraldandy horses

Questions about dandy horse

What is dandy horse the alternative form of?
Dandy horse is the alternative form of dandy-horse.

Words near dandy horse in the dictionary

  1. dandy brush
  2. dandy brushes
  3. dandy cart
  4. dandy carts
  5. dandy fever
  6. dandy horse
  7. dandy horses
  8. dandy line
  9. dandy lines
  10. dandy roll
  11. dandy roller

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