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ˈsidecar
Also side-car, side car.
[side n.1]
1. a. A conveyance in which the seats face to the sides, a jaunting-car. Now Hist.
1881Macm. Mag. XLIV. 388 Mrs. Roche wore a silk dress on Sunday and drove to mass on her ‘side car’. 1963‘A. Bridge’ Dangerous Islands ix. 140 The Irish side-car, now almost extinct, is one of the least comfortable vehicles imaginable. The driver sits easily foursquare behind the horse, but the passengers perch on two long seats with a high back between them, parallel with the direction of the vehicle—and since side-cars are now never used except on very rough roads, they are jerked about, clinging to the back between the seats. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia V. 529/2 Jaunting car, also called jaunty car or side-car, two-wheeled, open vehicle, popular in Ireland from the 19th century, was unusual in having lengthwise passenger seats, either facing each other (inside the car) or back to back (outside).
b. A vehicle designed to be attached to the (near-)side of a motor-cycle to accommodate one or more passengers. Occas. attached to a bicycle.
1903Hardwareman 13 June 520/1 The side car is..the most sociable attachment for a motor bicycle. 1927Kipling Limits & Renewals (1932) 177 ‘What did he do afterwards?’ ‘'Bought a side-car to his bike, to hold more vegetables.’ 1935H. Moore Compl. Cyclist v. 44 Until recently the cycling of a married couple was seriously restricted by the birth of a child... Now, the tandem-cum-sidecar, bearing a family of three (or more), is a fairly common sight. 1951T. Sterling House without Door ii. 12 He sat on a bicycle which had a large white sidecar. 1978J. Irving World according to Garp i. 17 The pilot hurried to have Garp transferred to the sidecar of a medic's motorcycle.
2. A cocktail made of brandy and lemon juice with a dash of an orange liqueur.
1928S. Lewis Man who knew Coolidge i. 61 Mame took a Bronx, and Delmerine took a side-car. 1930Auden Poems 12 I'll have a sidecar, thanks. 1952S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1953) v. 77 They ordered sidecars and Suzy said.., ‘Not too strong... I've got a lot of drinking to do to-night.’ 1978M. Dickens Open Book vi. 49 Once or twice at cocktail parties, I saw someone I knew and had to..keep my head down as I cruised the crowd with my tray of sidecars and white ladies.
Hence as v. intr., to drive a motor-cycle with a side-car attached; to travel in a side-car; also ˈside-car(r)ing vbl. n.; ˈsidecarist, one who drives or travels in a motor-cycle combination. Now rare.
1911Motor Cycle 19 Jan. 21 (Advt.), Best after tests for sidecaring,..for economy. 1914Motor Cycling 12 May 8, 3½ h.p. is insufficient for sidecarring at a satisfactory speed. 1920Motor Cycle 29 Apr. 487/2, I make this request because of its importance to sidecarists. 1923Ibid. 25 Oct. 665/2 No doubt she would feel small and lonely when sidecarring by herself in one of these ample-looking bodies. |