bicycle chain

British

noun

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

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Prince Harry also said that, after Diana's death, he and his brother William were sat down in a room and told that the events leading to the car crash were "like a bicycle chain".

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2023

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

When he gets his pants leg caught in his bicycle chain, I stop and wait for him to get untangled.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

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