motorengel
Dutch
editEtymology
editCompound of motor (“motorcycle, motorbike”) + engel (“angel”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmotorengel f (plural motorengelen, diminutive motorengeltje n)
- A girl or woman sitting as a passenger at the back on the twin seat of a motorcycle. [from 1920s]
- 1924 October 10, "Stadsnieuws. Vrouwenkiesrecht-jubileum", Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad, Vol. 74, No. 14280, part 2, page 1, reporting a speech by Johanna Westerman.
- De tiknymfen van de N.O.T. en de N.U.M., die 's middags na vieren motorengelen werden, hebben enorm veel kwaad gedaan.
- The typist-nymphs of the N.O.T. and the N.U.M, who became biker babes after four in the afternoon, have done a great amount of harm.
- 1924 October 10, "Stadsnieuws. Vrouwenkiesrecht-jubileum", Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad, Vol. 74, No. 14280, part 2, page 1, reporting a speech by Johanna Westerman.