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motor scooter

British  

noun

  1. Often shortened to: scooter.  a light motorcycle with small wheels and an enclosed engine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Many have noted the slow postpandemic recovery of motor scooter sales, a product seen as an indicator of how entry-level consumers are doing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

Here it’s Margaret Cho on a motor scooter, cruising through a cloud of exhaust.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2025

Before graduate school, he invested in a Colombian floor tile company while on a motor scooter trip in South America.

From Science Magazine May 16, 2024

Eventually, her cardiologist did write her a prescription for a motor scooter, but it couldn’t be delivered for six months and she ended up having to create a GoFundMe to get one sooner herself.

From Salon Oct. 11, 2023

The motor scooter was an old-fashioned model: big and baby blue.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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