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pedalo

British  
/ ˈpɛdələʊ /

noun

  1. a pleasure craft driven by pedal-operated paddle wheels

"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

Etymology

Origin of pedalo

C20: from pedal 1

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Brook has been anointed as the next England captain, but is currently batting like a man who couldn't be trusted to skipper a pedalo.

From BBC Dec. 4, 2025

The glory of 2019 is an outlier - a bright light in a dark tunnel of pedalo misadventures, shock defeats and general incompetence.

From BBC Nov. 1, 2023

They travel from Hastings beach to Hackney, round the coast and then north and east, via various circuitous waterways — in a pedalo shaped like a swan.

From The Guardian Jul. 19, 2012

I tried to get into a pedalo very late at night but I couldn't manage it.

From The Guardian May 25, 2012

There are long shots across the bridges of the Seine and pedalo views of Cannes.

From Time Magazine Archive

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