bicycle face
nounEtymology Coined by Dr. Arthur Shadwell.
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Medicine, Sciences Obsolete A deformation or strained appearance of the face, said to result from riding a bicycle.
- A writer in the Christian Intelligencer says that the true explanation of the bicycle face has not yet been given by the doctors […]1895, Medical Record, page 308:
- To him also belongs the distinction of originating the term "bicycle face," which has been so generally adopted to express the anxious, strained look many bicyclists wear. The hidden dangers of the exercise, in the opinion of Dr. Shadwell, threaten women, and more particularly young women […]1897, Medical Record, volume 52, page 90: