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pillion
[ pil-yuhn ]
noun
- a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle, especially as a seat for a woman.
- a pad, cushion, saddle, or the like, used as a passenger seat on a bicycle, motor scooter, etc.
- a passenger's saddle or seat behind the driver's seat on a motorcycle.
pillion
/ ˈ±èɪ±ôÂáÉ™²Ô /
noun
- a seat or place behind the rider of a motorcycle, scooter, horse, etc
adverb
- on a pillion
to ride pillion
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pillion1
1495–1505; < Scots Gaelic pillinn or Irish ±è¾±±ô±ôòÔ, diminutive of peall skin, rug blanket, MIr pell < Latin pellis skin
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pillion1
C16: from Gaelic; compare Scottish pillean, Irish ±è¾±±ô±ôÄ«²Ô couch; related to Latin pellis skin
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A motorcyclist and a pillion passenger have died in a crash.
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A woman, 25, who was pillion passenger on the motorcycle, was critically injured, the Met Police said.
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She also suffered injuries to her pelvis, ribs and spine in the crash, which happened as she rode pillion on partner Stephen Sharman's machine on Stafford Road.
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A pillion passenger sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was arrested after being found with a machete.
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Motorbike pillion passenger Liam Scott, 21, suffered a fatal head injury.
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