bicycle chain
Britishnoun
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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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