pillion

Example Sentences

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She had a bike when she left school and had been pillion on her husband John's bike for 10 years, travelling to places including Ireland and Wales, but she never got her own full licence.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2022

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

A somewhat less comfortable pillion seat is hidden beneath the rear cowl, with slender fold-down passenger pegs available along with an integrated grab bar.

From Forbes • Jul. 1, 2015

In Monrovia, she switched to a motorcycle, riding pillion with a young man who agreed to take her to the plantation and whom health authorities were subsequently desperate to trace.

From Reuters • Jul. 31, 2014

In the latter case the men sat in front and the women on a pillion behind.

From American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History by Gordy, Wilbur Fisk