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pahikara

1. (loan) (noun) bicycle.

Engari ko ētahi o ngā kaieke pahikara i kai i te puehu (TJ 1/2/1898:3). / But some of the bicycle riders bit the dust.

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whana korowhiti

1. (noun) overhead kick.

2. (noun) bicycle kick.

paihikara

1. (loan) (noun) bicycle, bike.

Kāore i ārikarika te paruparu o ngā huarahi, nā reira tonu i mate ai ō mātou paihikara (TP 8/1905:7). / There was a lot of mud on the roads and that's why our bicycles got into trouble.

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kapa-whārangi

1. (noun) (bicycle) penny-farthing.

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