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/ˈpɛdələʊ/ · noun
(UK, nautical) A small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation..
It is the prelapsarian Polynesia of free love, noble savagery, Kon Tiki rafting and Easter Island statuary, not the Levi’s-wearing, Toyota-driving, pédalo-pushing, efflorescent-cocktails-in-a-split-coconut-serving pseudo-paradise that awaits latter-day travellers.
On the other hand: I’m sorry the sculpture hurt your feelings. But it’s just art. It can’t harm you. You don’t have to like it – not at all – but it’s going to be gone in a month or so, and you can still use the pedalos while it’s there.
Use pedalo when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pedalo means (UK, nautical) A small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation..
Common synonyms include pedalboat, paddleboat.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It is the prelapsarian Polynesia of free love, noble savagery, Kon Tiki rafting and Easter Island statuary, not the Levi’s-wearing, Toyota-driving, pédalo-pushing, efflorescent-cocktails-in-a-split-coconut-serving pseudo-paradise that awaits latter-day travellers.
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