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penny-farthing
also penny farthing
Word forms: plural penny-farthings
countable noun
A penny-farthing is an old-fashioned bicycle that had a very large front wheel and a small back wheel.
[mainly British]penny-farthing in British English
noun
British
an early type of bicycle with a large front wheel and a small rear wheel, the pedals being attached to the front wheel
US name: ordinary Word origin
C20: so called because of the similarity between the relative sizes of the wheelsand the relative sizes of the (old) penny and farthing coinsImage ofpenny-farthing
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