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"ref": "1973, Bruce Springsteen (lyrics and music), “Spirit in the Night”",
"text": "Billy slammed on his coaster brakes and said \"anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake?\"",
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"ref": "2017, Suze Clemitson, A History of Cycling in 100 Objects, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 54",
"text": "The coaster brake is one of the three types of braking mechanism developed to slow down and stop a bike safely and efficiently. This mechanism quickly gained in popularity in the USA, Germany and the Netherlands in the 1890s and is still used for upright and children's bicycles.",
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"A special rear hub for a bicycle that functions as a brake when the user pedals backwards, and which allows the bicycle to roll without forcing the pedals to turn."
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"word": "back pedal brake"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brake integrated in bicycle rear hub",
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"feminine"
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"word": "terugtraprem"
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"sense": "brake integrated in bicycle rear hub",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brake integrated in bicycle rear hub",
"word": "napajarru"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brake integrated in bicycle rear hub",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "brake integrated in bicycle rear hub",
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"masculine"
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"word": "frein à rétropédalage"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brake integrated in bicycle rear hub",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Rücktrittbremse"
}
]
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"word": "coaster brake"
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"word": "achteruittraprem"
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"sense": "brake integrated in bicycle rear hub",
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},
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"sense": "brake integrated in bicycle rear hub",
"word": "jalkajarru"
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"sense": "brake integrated in bicycle rear hub",
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"word": "frein à rétropédalage"
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"sense": "brake integrated in bicycle rear hub",
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