The engine was in working order, and differed only very simply and obviously from that of a contemporary motor-bicycle. ❋ Herbert George (2006)
Bert sighed deeply, and turned to his motor-bicycle again. ❋ Herbert George (2006)
He was musing deeply by the mixed ironwork and ashes of his vanished motor-bicycle, a melancholy figure. ❋ Herbert George (2006)
Bert met it one early-closing afternoon as he refreshed himself in an inn near Nutfield, whither his motor-bicycle had brought him. ❋ Herbert George (2006)
Edna wore a brown straw hat with poppies, that suited her admirably, and sat in the trailer like a queen, and the eight-year-old motor-bicycle ran like a thing of yesterday. ❋ Herbert George (2006)
Bert sat on the low wall against which his motor-bicycle was leaning. ❋ Herbert George (2006)
For a time the possibilities of the motor-bicycle so occupied ❋ Herbert George (2006)
He had a motor-bicycle, and I sent him off next morning for the daily paper, which usually arrived with the post in the late afternoon. ❋ Unknown (2005)
"In that circumstantial eventuality there can be no question of a motor-bicycle," he said. ❋ Unknown (2005)
He was just in time to see the red head of Mrs Flood at the remote end of the garden, turned towards a dark young man, too dim with distance to be identified, who was at that moment mounting a motor-bicycle; who vanished, leaving behind him only the dying din of that vehicle. ❋ Unknown (2003)
A police constable with his motor-bicycle nearby stood in front of it. ❋ Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 (1956)
They heard him start up his motor-bicycle and churn off along Yowford Lane. ❋ Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 (1956)
Carey brought him back on the pillion of his motor-bicycle and produced him to Alleyn as if he was one of the natural curiosities of the region. ❋ Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 (1956)
That was how my father envisaged my brother at this period flippant, languid, emptied of the intellectual interests which had appeared in his earlier boyhood, immovable, indifferent to all real values, and urgent in his demand for a motor-bicycle. ❋ Lewis, C. S. (1955)
"I tell you it sounded exactly like a motor-bicycle," Tom said firmly, and nothing would make him admit that it wasn't. ❋ Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 (1952)
Not having sufficient money to pay his train fare, he requisitioned a motor-bicycle and sped on to Alexandria. ❋ Mordaunt Hall (N/A)
To-day he is still a challenger of motor-cars; but he hurls his defiance with less assurance and has been seen to retire before the advance of a motor-bicycle. ❋ Various (N/A)
Though I recently celebrated my seventh birthday, my father and mother have firmly refused to provide me with either a latch-key or a motor-bicycle. ❋ Various (N/A)
A: Man, take a look at that thing. What the hell is is?
B: Looks [lika] [motorcycle] without the engine.
A: Yeah, its a [motor-bicycle].
B: For damn sure. ❋ Jauntyjackalope (2010)
