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Meanings of bikers in English

Originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers.

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        Usage of bikers in English
        1
        Peterson said, 'I can't believe the bikers left it all sitting here.
        61 hours
        2
        Just now bikers are hearing the call of summer roads far away.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Mountain bikers power along ledges that a mountain goat might baulk at.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Couldn't the bikers come over and take care of it for themselves?'
        61 hours
        5
        Later, driving out, fast and reckless, I approached a group of bikers.
        Climbing Magazine
        6
        The FBI claims that neo-yuppie bikers have even started a catering service.
        The new yorker
        7
        Taking no chances, he drops a couple of cars behind the bikers.
        Black house
        8
        What sort of project gets knitters, techies, bikers and dancers working together.
        The Irish Times
        9
        Sikh bikers in turbans are exempted from wearing crash helmets in Britain.
        Reuters
        10
        Kit's interest in bikers was nothing compared with his ardor for bikes.
        Deadly Décisions
        11
        Outlaw bikers don't draw lines between gawkers and those wanting charter memberships.
        Deadly Décisions
        12
        Paul Macdermid is measuring the impacts of vibrations experienced by mountain bikers
        Radio NZ
        13
        Then a few more bikers, followed by a middle-aged, overweight male jogger.
        Private Sector
        14
        Clanking and farting, it shoots away in pursuit of the crafty bikers.
        Black house
        15
        The end two bikers grabbed Hubble and ran him to the door.
        Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor
        16
        And most of all, I didn't want to unearth more dead bikers.
        Deadly Décisions
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        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common