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
Products, has begun marketing a tiny trailer home that can be towed by a kiddie car.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Washington, Capitol police said that they would prosecute any person caught operating a tricycle, sled, kiddie car or scooter on the Capitol grounds.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has made entrances by dog sled, donkey, horse chariot, kiddie car and parachute.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meg and Bobby took turns carrying the dog home, and Twaddles mourned the fact that the kiddie car had not been brought along.
From Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm by Hawley, Mabel C.
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