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cyclecar

[ sahy-kuhl-kahr ]
/ ˈsaɪ kəlˌkɑr /

noun

a light automobile, open like a motorcycle but having three or four wheels.

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Origin of cyclecar

First recorded in 1910–15; (motor)cycle + car1

Words nearby cyclecar

cyclas, cyclase, cyclazocine, cycle, cycle billing, cyclecar, cyclectomy, cyclencephaly, cycle of erosion, cycle rickshaw, cyclery
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