ˈdandy-horse
A kind of velocipede, an early form of the bicycle, in which the rider sat on a bar between the two wheels, and propelled himself by pushing the ground with each foot alternately.
| 1819 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. (1857) I. 247 The little boys about London are all getting dandy-horses, for such seems at present the name of the Velocipede. 1892 Strand Mag. IV. 30 (Evolution of Cycle) Mr. Dennis Johnson..a coachmaker at 75 Long-acre took out a patent for this dandy or hobby-horse in 1818. |