"town bicycle" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-town bicycle.ogg [Australia] Forms: town bicycles [plural]
Etymology: From the jocular idea that the woman in question, like a hypothetical bicycle shared by an entire town, has had many people "take a ride" (i.e., have sexual intercourse with her). Head templates: {{en-noun}} town bicycle (plural town bicycles)
  1. (slang, derogatory) A woman who is promiscuous. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Female people, Sex Synonyms: town bike, village bicycle, village bike Derived forms: fandom bicycle Translations ((derogatory) woman who is promiscuous): 公廁 (Chinese Cantonese), 公厕 (gung¹ ci³) (Chinese Cantonese), 公共汽車 (Chinese Mandarin), 公共汽车 (gōnggòng qìchē) (Chinese Mandarin), 公交車 (Chinese Mandarin), 公交车 (gōngjiāochē) (Chinese Mandarin), 插座 (chāzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), jakorasia (Finnish), kyläpyörä (Finnish), Dorfmatratze [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-town_bicycle-en-noun-4o4rtTad Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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          "sense": "(derogatory) woman who is promiscuous",
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      "sense": "(derogatory) woman who is promiscuous",
      "word": "公廁"
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      "sense": "(derogatory) woman who is promiscuous",
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      "sense": "(derogatory) woman who is promiscuous",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōnggòng qìchē",
      "sense": "(derogatory) woman who is promiscuous",
      "word": "公共汽车"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(derogatory) woman who is promiscuous",
      "word": "公交車"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngjiāochē",
      "sense": "(derogatory) woman who is promiscuous",
      "word": "公交车"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chāzuò",
      "sense": "(derogatory) woman who is promiscuous",
      "word": "插座"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(derogatory) woman who is promiscuous",
      "word": "jakorasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(derogatory) woman who is promiscuous",
      "word": "kyläpyörä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(derogatory) woman who is promiscuous",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Dorfmatratze"
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