Dandy-horse

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A two-wheeled foot-propelled vehicle with no pedals or brakes; a draisienne. UK, historical

    "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."

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draisiennehobby horse

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"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."

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