Personally, I think a velocipede is about Cecil's form, and it's absolute insult to a pony like Bobs to ask him to carry him!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mates at Billabong] Reference

A velocipede was his grandfather's offering and was received with shouts of delight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ethel Morton's Holidays] Reference

Propped against the sleek spokes of a velocipede was a shiny sled of just the sort he had always wanted as a boy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once An Angel]

"Isn't there a hand-car or a velocipede here, Wilse?".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference

The velocipede volery sent up a choking cloud of dust.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fairyland Chapter Ten!] Reference

I found Edward outside leaning on his jaded velocipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-28] Reference

"Do you tell me it was a velocipede or a penny-farthing?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-02-01] Reference

"Yes, and the velocipede; you 've got the scar of that yet, I see.".    From Wordnik.com.  [An Old-Fashioned Girl] Reference

Where you'll be able to procure a Capital Bikeshare velocipede (GGW).    From Wordnik.com.  [DeMorning DeBonis: July 20, 2010] Reference

This invention has for its object to furnish an improved toy velocipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference

The topological complexity of the bars on that limey velocipede is inspiring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Versus to Cycling Fans: "Go Puck Yourself"] Reference

Freddie had a velocipede of his own, but that had three wheels instead of two.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat] Reference

"And remember another thing -- no more bicycle rides -- you stay on your velocipede.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat] Reference

Five years later he was riding a velocipede on a tight-wire from stage to gallery of a.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier] Reference

They were standing in the door, just outside which, on the sidewalk, was a velocipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story] Reference

Two footmen wheeled away the shiny velocipede, their voices lowered to somber whispers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once An Angel]

As he dropped down there came the recollection that there were two seats on the velocipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference

Close to a thousand pounds of man, machine, and velocipede get tossed around the two-lane road.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference

As the bus downshifts behind a velocipede, one of the fourth estate sicks up in the seat across.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mayhill Fowler: One Happy Family in Unity, N.H.] Reference

He ran like a deer, and despite the increasing speed of the velocipede, quickly gained upon them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference

Mandeville and his velocipede to be abroad again, the place showed unmistakable signs of occupancy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story] Reference

By 1876 a brief American fling with the velocipede, that bicycle antecedent, had come and long gone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The King's Best Highway] Reference

"I know what we can do," said Russ to Laddie, after they had taken turns riding on the velocipede and coaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's] Reference

The footsteps passed into the engine-house, and Alex at once crawled forth, to make his way back to the velocipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference

Throwing his weight against the handles, Alex stopped the velocipede, sprang off, and dashed to the oiler's assistance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference

Got upset, did n't I? he asked, presently, eyeing the prostrate velocipede with more anxiety about its damages than his own.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Old-Fashioned Girl] Reference

"Let us slip back to the velocipede -- it's ready to throw on the rails -- and make a dash of it for the junction," Alex whispered.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference

– I 'll help you tease for your velocipede, and won't say a word against it, when mamma and granny beg papa not to let you have it.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Old-Fashioned Girl] Reference

And he's a worthy little velocipede, as Fenellan calls him.    From Wordnik.com.  [One of Our Conquerors — Complete] Reference

The division superintendent lends me the track-walker's velocipede and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Long Chance] Reference

"My lady of the velocipede, I'll marry you, or my name's not Bob McGraw.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Long Chance] Reference

The velocipede had been derailed by means of a car-stake placed across the track.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Long Chance] Reference

The meanest creatures despise him, and even the fleas would desert him for a velocipede.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roughing It] Reference

A velocipede he piled on top of it and two pillows and a Noah's Ark and a stuffed squirrel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fairy Prince and Other Stories] Reference

Ciclo, above, a modern update to the velocipede-style bicycle that used a hubless "epicycloid" transmission system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Core77] Reference