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Pillion   /pˈɪljən/   Listen
Pillion

noun
1.
A seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc..





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"Pillion" Quotes from Famous Books



... bustle of preparing her wardrobe. The main body of it was to be sent in the carrier's waggon, for she was to ride on a pillion behind Mr. Dove, and could only take a valise upon a groom's horse. There was no small excitement in the arrangement, and in the farewells to the neighbours, who all agreed with Harriet in congratulating the girl on her ...
— Love and Life • Charlotte M. Yonge
... of progress, again, was a familiar sight in our boyhood, when the farmer's wife jogged contentedly to market, seated on a pillion, behind her husband, and carrying her butter, eggs, or chickens, in roomy market baskets by her side. Even the gig, to carry two, of the better bucolic class, has now become obsolete, as the train pours out, ...
— A History of Horncastle - from the earliest period to the present time • James Conway Walter


Words linked to "Pillion" :   seat


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