Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

toucan crossing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
tou-can cross-ing
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pedestrian crossing equipped with traffic lights operated by the pedestrians, same as pelican crossing, but also allowing bicycles to cross.

British usage

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Questions

What does toucan crossing mean?
A pedestrian crossing equipped with traffic lights operated by the pedestrians, same as pelican crossing, but also allowing bicycles to cross.
Where does toucan crossing come from?
Punningly from pelican crossing and toucan (another bird), because "two can" cross at once (pedestrians and bicycles).

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