pillion
Example Sentences
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The e‑bike, which was carrying a pillion passenger and described by Dorset Police as an "adapted electrically assisted pedal cycle or mountain bike", did not stop at the scene.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 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
She may have been seated on a pillion behind her new husband, holding on tight to his waist.
From The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People by Miriam Haynie
