Meaning of pedal-pusher | Babel Free

Definitions

Attributive form of pedal pushers (“type of trousers”).

attributive, form-of

Examples

“The pedal-pushers put⟳ in for all they were worth, Higham and Keene leading, but Prince put⟳ in a tremendous spurt, which brought him up to the leaders, when shouts of “Prince,” “Prince,” went up, but Prince was pocketed, although it looked as though he might have⟳ won had he kept up his pace, but he fell back to fourth place⟳, Higham taking first, Keene second, James third, Prince fourth and Morgan last⟳.”

“We have⟳ had some splendid rideable weather this last⟳ week, and we doubt⟳ not that the pedal-pushers of this district have⟳ not failed to take⟳ advantage of it.”

“Drivers sitting in their air-conditioned cars then have⟳ to wait⟳ several seconds while these obnoxious pedal-pushers get⟳ a move⟳ on.”

“Thieving hands clenched inside pedal-pusher pockets, I heard with sinking heart how in ice cold water they washed their own⟳ clothes.”

“Going to the porch where Jimmy kept his squirrels, I pulled out a few old acorns, which I’d picked up on the trail, from my pedal-pusher pockets.”

““Ya got the egg order⟳?” he asks, coming to a stop⟳ at the bottom of Miz Jessie Tanner’s drive-up. I slide⟳ the napkin out of my pedal-pusher pocket and read⟳ out loud, “Six doz.””

““Where is your appointment?” I asked. She took a scrap of paper out of her pedal-pusher pockets and read⟳, “Seventeen West Adams. You think⟳ you can help⟳ me find⟳ it?””

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