giraffe unicycle

plural giraffe unicycles

1. A very tall unicycle.

   Before dark we pull down the five-foot giraffe unicycle and put KariAnna up on it.

   2004, Lars Clausen, One Wheel, Many Spokes: USA by Unicycle, Straight Into Gay America, →ISBN, page 149

   2 more examples

   Gino Farfan is a wizard on the flying trapeze, and Barry Lappy does amazing tricks on a "giraffe" unicycle that's taller than he is.

   1976 September, “Coming Up in Boys' Life for October”, in Boys' Life, volume 66, number 9, page 82

   Another person she's heard about can ride a giraffe unicycle on the wire, and perform a back tuck off the unicycle and land on the wire.

   2007, Scott McCredie, Balance: In Search of the Lost Sense, New York: Little, Brown, and Co., →ISBN

   Synonyms: giraffe