TANDEMS

Noun

tandems

plural of tandem

Anagrams

• Stedman, damnest, namedst

Source: Wiktionary


TANDEM

Tan"dem, adv. & a. Etym: [L. tandem at length (of time only), punningly taken as meaning, lengthwise.]

Definition: One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.

Tan"dem, n.

Definition: A team of horses harnessed one before the other. "He drove tandems." Thackeray. Tandem engine, a compound steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in the same axis, close to one another.

– Tandem bicycle or tricycle, one for two persons in which one rider sits before the other.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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