pedalo
Etymology
From pedal + -o, a registered trademark.
noun
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(UK, nautical) A small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation. It is the prelapsarian Polynesia of free love, noble savagery, Kon Tiki rafting and Easter Island statuary, not the Levi’s-wearing, Toyota-driving, pédalo-pushing, efflorescent-cocktails-in-a-split-coconut-serving pseudo-paradise that awaits latter-day travellers. 2001, Stephen Brown, Marketing – the Retro Revolution, London: SAGE Publications, page 139On the other hand: I’m sorry the sculpture hurt your feelings. But it’s just art. It can’t harm you. You don’t have to like it – not at all – but it’s going to be gone in a month or so, and you can still use the pedalos while it’s there. 2018-08-16, Marina Hyde, “Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team”, in The Guardian
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