pedal boat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pedal boat
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Recreation and Parks ultimately discontinued its city-run pedal boat operations in 2009 after years of financial losses, according to a 2011 department report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
It’s $11 for an hour in the pedal boat — more than enough time to go in circles and look at the downtown skyline twinkling at night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
Visitors can bring their own watercraft or rent a rowboat, canoe, kayak or pedal boat to pilot across the placid waters of the largest freshwater pond in the state.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2022
I made it through the first anniversary, when the boys came and we scattered his ashes into the lake from a rented pedal boat, the kind we used to take out when they were kids.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2018
You can only get there by boat -- a pedal boat, specifically, which luckily are available to rent at the Echo Park boathouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2016
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