Skylab
n.— «Skylab Motorbike that can seat 6 persons. One person in front of the driver, 2 behind him and two on either side of the horizontal slab of wood tied to its rear like an outrigger.» —“Workshop Programme” by S. Venkateswaran in Birla Institute of Technology & Science Improving Mobility for the Rural Poor (Pilani, Rajasthan, India) Jan. 12, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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