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bicycle chain

British  

noun

  1. a chain that transmits power from the pedals to the driving wheel of a bicycle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Among the works is a giant dinosaur fossil made from hammers, knives and spanners, a snake made from an old bicycle chain and a bull's nostrils formed from a vintage gas mask.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Once, when she biked to meet him, her long skirt got caught in the bicycle chain.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2021

Disney is a constant interplay between past and present, a continuous bicycle chain between the pieces we once loved and the current releases we run out to see to remind us of them.

From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2020

In the first act, Abbi is pulled, chest first, into a sewer grating; a pop-up sale turns into a riot; and Ilana gets her bicycle chain locked around her waist.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 7, 2016

“You say, ‘Attagg,”’ the owner of the bicycle chain answered.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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