pillion

Example Sentences

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A woman, 25, who was pillion passenger on the motorcycle, was critically injured, the Met Police said.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2024

Riding pillion on a neighbour’s motorcycle for 40 minutes through hillsides dotted with paddy fields, the 34-year-old health worker headed for the Mathalput Community Health Centre.

From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2021

One particular issue is the practice of pillion riders, who are at more risk due to not being in control.

From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2019

As the convoy left the hospital it was chased by two motorcycle film crews, with one cameraman standing on the pillion seat.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2017

Flower globose, nodding on a scape a foot high; it is difficult to fancy any resemblance between its shape and a side-saddle, but it is not very unlike a pillion.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa