seatie

English

Etymology

seat +‎ -ie

Noun

seatie (plural seaties)

1. (UK, Ireland, colloquial) Synonym of backie (“a ride on the back of a cycle”)
   • 2015, Debbie McGowan, Raine O'Tierney, Christmas Craic and Mistletoe, page 302:

     All those years of having Katie chase after him—please, Tommy, I want a seatie—with Mum's threats—you dare put her on that bike, Thomas, and so help me... But of course he'd never let his sister on his bike.

   • 2017, Hayley Long, The Nearest Faraway Place:

     'It's not a fair race,' said Ibrahim. 'Because whoever gives you a seatie always loses.'

Anagrams

• Eastie, eastie