1
: a car attached to the side of a motorcycle for a passenger
2
: a cocktail consisting of a liqueur with lemon juice and brandy
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These earlier devices could only use cards as sidecar storage.
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Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2024
Made of lightweight alloy, the sidecar fender and angular fuel tank make for a big chunk of the build's personality.
—New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2025
There will be sidecars on silver trays and classic cocktails, named for luminaries such as Jackie O., crafted behind a mahogany bar.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
On 10 nights each season, the Brothers Manning pile into their Monday Night Football sidecar, offering football junkies a bracing dose of hardcore X’s and O’s that’s regularly leavened by an almost giddy irreverence.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2024
Made of lightweight alloy, the sidecar fender and angular fuel tank make for a big chunk of the build's personality.
—New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2025
There will be sidecars on silver trays and classic cocktails, named for luminaries such as Jackie O., crafted behind a mahogany bar.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
On 10 nights each season, the Brothers Manning pile into their Monday Night Football sidecar, offering football junkies a bracing dose of hardcore X’s and O’s that’s regularly leavened by an almost giddy irreverence.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Sidecar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sidecar. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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sidecar
noun
side·car
ˈsīd-ˌkär 
: a car attached to the side of a motorcycle for a passenger
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