(UK, chiefly, Northumbria, East Midlands) A ride on the handlebars or crossbar of a bicycle.
(UK, chiefly, Northumbria, East Midlands) A ride on the handlebars or crossbar of a bicycle.
"I could give you a croggy on me bike, Tam. I know a real quick route between Goldwell and Whitehorse."
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, Scotland, dialect) twisted; stunted.
(UK, cycling) A bicycle having handlebars that are rather high and curve backwards, so that the rider sits upright rather than hunching forward; a roadster.
(obsolete, dialectal, East Midlands, Lancashire, Yorkshire) To bend; to make crooked.
(cycling, specifically) Of a bicycle: having handlebars that are rather high and curve backwards, so that the rider sits upright rather than hunching forward; also, of the handlebars of a bicycle: rather high and curving backwards, thus requiring the rider to sit upright.
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(slang, humorous) A high-performance motorcycle, especially sport bikes.