kiddie car
Americannoun
-
a toy vehicle for a small child, having three wheels and pushed with the feet.
-
a small tricycle.
Etymology
Origin of kiddie car
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Their condition could be described, generously, as ramshackle — a plastic kiddie car and a battered pair of crutches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
His kiddie car was a battery-powered jeep, scaled to his size, and his pets included a green parrot and a French poodle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Who else but Consumer Reports, a monthly magazine that has been cataloguing caveats for shoppers since before Nader was old enough to lose control of a defective kiddie car.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has made entrances by dog sled, donkey, horse chariot, kiddie car and parachute.
From Time Magazine Archive
There have been times when H. 3rd has refused my most earnest pleas that he ride his kiddie car up and down the hall.
From Seeing Things at Night by Heywood Broun
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
