pedal pushers
/ˈpɛdəl ˌpʊʃɚz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "Medium close shot of a tall slender girl of fifteen with the face of a Nordic madonna. no, proclaims the apron attached to the waistband of her ragged pedal pushers; no, no, the patches over her budding breasts."
- "He drove beneath a canopy of elms, then along a stretch of open shore, then past the municipal docks, where a woman in pedal pushers stood casting for bullheads."
- "Tall and handsome, Ms. [Cherry] Jones, 53, was wearing pedal pushers and a gray T-shirt but had kept on her high-buttoned Mrs. Warren boots. Her manner was not unlike her outfit: forthright, unaffected, a little playful."
- "I will always remember the floral broadcloth blouse, pedal pushers, sun hat, and cotton sneakers she wore while picking strawberries."
Etymology
From pedal pusher (“cyclist”) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns), as they were originally worn by cyclists.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɛdəl ˌpʊʃɚz/
- British English: /ˈpɛdl̩ ˌpʊʃəz/