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Tandem \Tan"dem\, adv. & a. [L. tandem at length (of time only),
punningly taken as meaning, lengthwise.]
One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and
driven one before another, instead of abreast.
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Tandem \Tan"dem\, n.
1. A team of horses harnessed one before the other. "He drove
tandems." --Thackeray.
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2. A tandem bicycle or other vehicle.
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{Tandem bicycle} or {Tandem tricycle}, one for two persons in
which one rider sits before the other.
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