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sit-up-and-begs

sit-up-and-begs is the plural of sit-up-and-beg.

Meaning of sit-up-and-beg

Noun

sit-up-and-beg (plural sit-up-and-begs)

  1. (UK) A bicycle having handlebars that are rather high and curve backwards, so that the rider sits upright rather than hunching forward; a roadster.
    • I hadn't even found a proper bike shop – the one I did come across was full of the equivalent of our sit-up-and-begs.2001, Charlie Woods, “From Sepia to Vivid Colour”, in Bikie: A Love Affair with the Racing Bicycle, Edinburgh; London: Mainstream Publishing, →ISBN, page 58
    Synonyms:
    high nelly

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Questions about sit-up-and-begs

What is sit-up-and-begs the plural of?
Sit-up-and-begs is the plural of sit-up-and-beg.

Words near sit-up-and-begs in the dictionary

  1. sit-skiers
  2. sit-skiing
  3. sit-skis
  4. sit-up
  5. sit-up-and-beg
  6. sit-up-and-begs
  7. sit-upon
  8. sit-upons
  9. sit-ups
  10. Sita
  11. Sita Buzăului

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