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penny farthing Definition


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penny farthing
noun
    (Brit)
    1. An early type of bicycle, dating from the 1860s, with a large front wheel and small back wheel. See also boneshaker.
Etymology: 1920s: a name applied retrospectively, comparing its wheels to the large penny and small farthing coins of the day; its contemporary name was the ordinary.



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