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Bike  n.  A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm. (Scot.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Bike" Quotes from Famous Books



... went on his "push-bike" every evening along the Hog's Back to Guildford, was never tired of singing the ...
— Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo • William Le Queux

... rightly related to Him. It means subordinating our desires to His will, and seeing our whole life as something to be used for His glory. Religion cannot be made a mere appendage to life. It cannot be kept in an outhouse like a motor bike, to be used when occasion calls. When God comes into a life He comes to rule—and to rule everything. No doubt we are all tempted to resent the surrender of self which is thus asked of us. Instinctively we ...
— Men, Women, and God • A. Herbert Gray

... said: "You go down on the ' L.' I'll bike. It's such a splendid night." Fine piece of business this! To have a bicycle come between man and wife is a pretty hard fate, I think—for the one who ...
— The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces • John Kendrick Bangs

... up. I had arranged to go for a spin on the bike with some fellows out by Malahide. But ...
— A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man • James Joyce

... hold That all who wander down the pike In cart or car, on foot or bike, Or male or female, young or old, ...
— Are Women People? • Alice Duer Miller

... Maidstone on my bike," said the new Lamb airily, fingering the little black mustache. "I can lunch at The Crown—and perhaps I'll have a pull on the river; but I can't take you all on the machine—now, can I? Run along home, ...
— Five Children and It • E. Nesbit

... he said. "I saw him up at the house, and when he came down for you, I followed his taxi on my bike. And when he went in to get you, I got into the back under the rugs. Lucky he only took one rug for you, or he'd got hold of my legs. Gee, he uses ...
— Eve to the Rescue • Ethel Hueston

... ye," said Tam calmly. "It's no' ma bike anyway; it belongs to one of the hatefu' governin' classes, an' A've nothin' to do ...
— Tam O' The Scoots • Edgar Wallace

... so much the most successful of Mrs. Ellis's reducers that his words were weighty. And when at last Shuey said, "I got what you need," Mrs. Ellis listened. "You need a bike, no less," says Shuey. ...
— Different Girls • Various

... hit i{n} askes; 1292 e{n}ne wyth legiou{n}es of ledes ou{er} londes he rydes, Her[gh]e[gh] of Israel e hyrne aboute. Wyth charged chariotes e cheftayn he fynde[[gh]], [Sidenote: [Fol. 75a.]] [Sidenote: Presents the prisoners to the king, among whom were Daniel and his three companions.] Bike{n}nes e catel to e ky{n}g, at he ca[gh]t hade, 1296 P{re}sented him e p{r}isoneres i{n} pray at ay token, Moni a worly wy[gh]e whil her worlde laste, Moni semly syre son{e}, & swye rych maydenes, e pruddest of e p{ro}uince, & p{ro}phetes childer, ...
— Early English Alliterative Poems - in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century • Various

... different. If he got a promotion his pater had promised him a motor bike. At first sight this seemed impossible. Hunter in fact laid a hundred to one against his chances. But for once Mansell really tried at something besides games. For two halls he worked solidly from seven till ten, preparing small slips of paper that contained all the notes he could find ...
— The Loom of Youth • Alec Waugh

... byroad while their officer reconnoitred. On the main road between them and their lines were some lights rapidly moving—Germans in armoured motor-cars. They successfully rejoined, but in the morning there was something of a collision, and Sadders' bicycle was finished. He got hold of a push-bike alongside the waggons for some distance, finishing up on ...
— Adventures of a Despatch Rider • W. H. L. Watson



Words linked to "Bike" :   sprocket wheel, exercise bike, saddle, kick starter, wheel, minibike, mountain bike, all-terrain bike, bicycle-built-for-two, cycle, kick start, treadle, safety bicycle, scrambler, kickstand, wheeled vehicle, sprocket, backpedal, velocipede, ordinary bicycle, off-roader, tandem, motor vehicle, handlebar, splash-guard, unicycle, automotive vehicle, chain, push-bike



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