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bicycle
noun- a sexually promiscuous female UK
- A fellow might easily marry a girl whose oul’ one had been getting her oats morning, noon and night, tongue hanging out for it, the town bicycle, like, only she never got caught. — Hugh Leonard, Out After Dark, p. 104, 1989
- a bisexual US, 1978
- Only those in the know understood the reference in the 1978 Top
- hit recording by Queen, “I want to Ride My Bicycle” —
- — Arnold Shaw, Dictionary of American Pop/Rock, p. 35, 1982
- in lowball poker, the lowest possible straight US
- — Jim Glenn, Programmed Poker, p. 155, 1981
- in electric line work, a chain drill used for drilling holes US
- — A.B. Chance Co., Lineman’s Slang Dictionary, p. 1, 1980
▶ on your bicycle
in boxing, staying away from the opponent’s punches by back pedalling US, 1936- Bolden, strictly a defensive fighter, got on his bicycle in the first session and back pedaled through the entire fight. — San Francisco Examiner, p. 19, 13 November 1945
- Fusari rode his bicycle all night. The 6 to 1 underdog escaped the knockout that was predicted, but that’s about all he did. — San Francisco Examiner, p. 26, 10 August 1950
- It takes two to make a fight and it’s no easy trick to capitalize on your superiority if the other fellow spends too much time on his bicycle. — San Francisco News, p. 7, 3 April 1954
- So he kept me away with left hooks and got on his bicycle where I charged him. — Rocky Garciano (with Rowland Barber), Somebody Up There Likes Me, p. 275, 1955
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