town bicycle
English
Etymology
From the jocular idea that the woman in question, like a hypothetical bicycle shared by an entire town, has had many people "take a ride" (i.e., have sexual intercourse with her).
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Noun
town bicycle (plural town bicycles)
- (slang, derogatory) A woman who is promiscuous.
- 2010, Jill Myles, Gentlemen Prefer Succubi, Pocket Star Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 119:
- "It's not you, my dear. A trip on the town bicycle isn't nearly as fun when everyone's already run it roughshod."
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Translations
(derogatory) woman who is promiscuous
Further reading
- Eric Partridge (2005) “town bike”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volumes 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1995.
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