three-wheeler

three-wheeler
/three"whee"leuhr, -wee"-/, n.
a vehicle equipped with three wheels, as a tricycle, a motorcycle with a sidecar, or some small, experimental, or early-model cars.
[1885-90; three wheel(s) + -ER1]

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