Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dandy-horse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: dandy-horse
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A two-wheeled foot-propelled vehicle with no pedals or brakes; a draisienne.

British usage

Example Sentences

"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."
"Because these riders preferred smooth pavements to rough roads, they tended to travel on pavements and on park footpaths, where inevitable collisions with pedestrians resulted in such practices being outlawed. The dandy horse went out of fashion nearly as quickly as it came in."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

dandy-horses (plural) dandy horse (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

bicycle

Synonyms

hobby horse draisienne

Questions

What does dandy-horse mean?: A two-wheeled foot-propelled vehicle with no pedals or brakes; a draisienne.

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