Vespa
Noun

Vespa (plural Vespas)

  1. An Italian motor scooter.
    • 2004, Ebba Segerberg (translator), Henning Mankell, Before The Frost, page 76 ↗,
      Her 40-year-old Vespa was waiting in the yard under a custom-made cover.
    • 2009, David J. Degou, Cambridge Police Department, unnumbered page ↗,
      In 1967, members of the traffic unit provide a funeral escort riding Vespa police model motor scooters. The Vespa scooter had the ability to cruise at speeds from 2 miles per hour to 65 miles per hour.
    • 2011, Terry A. Burgess, Smell the Devil's Breath, Uncommon Senses, Number 4, page 85 ↗,
      He grabbed the handlebars of the smallest Vespa near the end of the row and pulled the machine free of its slot.



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