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Meaning of bicycle face | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A deformation or strained appearance of the face, said to result from riding a bicycle.

countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“A writer in the Christian Intelligencer says that the true explanation of the bicycle face has not yet been given by the doctors […]”
“To him also belongs the distinction of originating the term "bicycle face," which has been so generally adopted to express the anxious, strained look many bicyclists wear. The hidden dangers of the exercise, in the opinion of Dr. Shadwell, threaten women, and more particularly young women […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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