Meanings
plural autopeds
- historicalA motorized kick scooter, used from the early 1910s through the early 1920s.
There is no room for two on the autoped, that newest vehicle compromise between riding and walking.
1916, Illustrated World - Volume 26, page 3533 more examples
A Baltimore drug firm, that innocently sent a delivery boy “scooting” on an autoped through Druid Hill Park on an errand, was surprised later […]
1917, N.A.R.D. Journal - Volume 24, page 894If a motor-cycle, why not bicycles, roller skates, autopeds, "scooters," stilts, and all other means of locomotion dear to the childish heart?
1917, Bench and Bar - Volume 11, page 374Peter Hitchman is the proud owner of another unusual motor-cycle — a French autoped dating from pre-1914 days.
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Origin
Originally a brand name, equivalent to auto- + -ped.
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