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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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These black bears wasted no time clambering on to a swan pedalo when it appeared in their enclosure at Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024

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 cheerfully take all this in their pedalo stride.

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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