Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Keyed together by wedges.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
cotter .
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Examples
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If the BB shelled out you'd be looking for a replacement in cottered crank territory.
Ambiguity: Mixed Messages and Style Overlap BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Leprechaun, good point about cottered pin territory... nothing good comes out of visiting that place...
Ambiguity: Mixed Messages and Style Overlap BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Couldn't you just take the pins out of a set of cottered cranks to make your own Powercranks?
The New Spin: From Fixed to Broken BikeSnobNYC 2009
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I meant to post that my fixed gear commuter bicycle has cottered cranks and a rear rack and it frequently carries about half my body weight in groceries.
Leaving The Irony On: So Much for Sincerity BikeSnobNYC 2008
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Use properly fixed hammers only - hammer handle and head must be firmly cottered!
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She had two nuts securely set and cottered when the guests came rushing from the museum in search of her.
Escape on Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1963
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It appeared to be of the usual harp-pattern with a cottered pin, and he called out sharply to the Siwash, who presently flung him an iron bar and a big spike.
Hawtrey's Deputy Harold Bindloss 1905
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It appeared to be of the usual harp-pattern with a cottered pin, and he called out sharply to the
Masters of the Wheat-Lands Harold Bindloss 1905
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I have no nostalgia for cottered cranks and steel rims.
Bike Hugger 2010
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a "chopped carbon&fiber" handlebar on that portland peugeot with cottered cranks for $265?
BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2009
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