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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

Example Sentences

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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

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

Three sailors plan to pedalo across the Atlantic.

From The Guardian • May 2, 2013

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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