noun
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a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle, usually for one passenger, the other side being supported by a single wheel
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a cocktail containing brandy with equal parts of Cointreau and lemon juice
Etymology
Origin of sidecar
Example Sentences
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At one man's request, the agency devised a "Mission Impossible" production for an adventurous young woman: an iPad delivered in the morning launched a scavenger hunt across Paris by sidecar and by boat.
From Barron's
South Korean regulators had to step in again on Tuesday to quell excessive market moves, with the Korea Stock Exchange activating the so-called "sidecar" trading curb for a second day in a row.
From MarketWatch
The passenger in the sidecar turns, lifts her riding goggles, and waves.
From Literature
The additional vehicles are a mix of co-investment sidecars and parallel funds.
Edgerton: Because there’s these great things in the movie that I call little sidecars or whatever, this idea that the world is sort of moving so quickly it’s going to leave us behind.
From Los Angeles Times
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