kiddie car
Americannoun
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a toy vehicle for a small child, having three wheels and pushed with the feet.
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a small tricycle.
Etymology
Origin of kiddie car
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20
Example Sentences
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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
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
Unwrapped, it becomes a tollbooth; when he drives his kiddie car through it, he becomes part of a cartoon interpretation of C.P.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
He promptly surrendered the kiddie car and continued to smile pleasantly.
From Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm by Hawley, Mabel C.
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