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penny-farthing

penny-farthing

See also: penny farthing

English

A man riding a penny-farthing bicycle

Noun

penny-farthing ‎(plural penny-farthings)

An early bicycle having a large front wheel and much smaller rear one.

Synonyms

ordinary

Translations

early bicycle having a large front wheel and much smaller rear one

Dutch: hoge bi m
Finnish: velosipedi (fi)
French: grand-bi (fr) m
Ido: biciklego (io)
Japanese:

Mandarin: 大小轮脚踏车, 古董自行车
Polish: bicykl (pl) m
Russian: костотря́с m ‎(kostotrjás) /lit:bone-shaker/
Swedish: höghjuling (sv) c