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Antonyms for tandems

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tan-duh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæn dəm

Definition of tandems

Origin :
  • 1785, "carriage pulled by horses harnessed one behind the other," punning use of Latin tandem "at length (of time)," from tam "so" + demonstrative suffix -dem. Transferred by 1884 to bicycles with two seats.
  • As in team : noun group, crew
  • As in bicycle : noun pedal-driven recreational vehicle
Example sentences :
  • Curricles, tandems, tilburies, and dennets were constantly arriving and departing.
  • Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
  • There were two four-in-hands, and lots of drags and tandems.
  • Extract from : « Quicksilver Sue » by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
  • This is a very novel affair, and is made of a covered stretcher slung between two tandems.
  • Extract from : « The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 40, August 12, 1897 » by Various
  • It is believed that the first of these tandems came over here from France.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder Book of Knowledge » by Various
  • The tandems would be steered by weird and devious routes to evade the bare chance of his bloodshot eye.
  • Extract from : « The New Machiavelli » by Herbert George Wells
  • There are all sorts of pretty little favours to be had of bicycles, tricycles, and tandems, which will serve as souvenirs.
  • Extract from : « Gala Day Luncheons » by Caroline Benedict Burrell
  • Tandems and tin horns would have been rather at a discount—cum pluribus aliis.
  • Extract from : « Lands of the Slave and the Free » by Henry A. Murray
  • Connected steering is employed in some tandems, allowing the rear rider to steer if necessary.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 » by Various
  • And here the best record is undoubtedly held by one of Mr. Eddy's tandems, sent aloft at Bayonne, on November 7, 1893.
  • Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, March, 1896, Vol. VI., No. 4. » by Various
  • As a matter of course, when tandems became numerous and drivers clever in handling them, races against time came into fashion.
  • Extract from : « Coaching Days & Ways » by E. D. (Edward William Dirom) Cuming

Synonyms for tandems

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