pillion

Example Sentences

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Two males, believed to the be the driver and the pillion passenger of a motorbike, were killed after the crash with a BMW car.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

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

"I come with pony and pillion," said the visiter as she was assisted to the ground, and bustled into the parlour.

From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.