jinrikisha
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of jinrikisha
First recorded in 1870–75; from Japanese, equivalent to jin “man, person” + -riki “power, strength” + -sha “vehicle, carriage” (from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese rénlì shē )
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Through Hong Kong's twisting, crowded streets drove Gina Lollobrigida, riding alternately in a gold-painted Fiat and a jinrikisha, and extolling at every stop the virtues of Italian products.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vice Consul Kuramoto signalled a jinrikisha, stepped in, and that was the last anyone saw of him for five days.
From Time Magazine Archive
A fifteen or twenty mile trip and back is not too far to accomplish in a jinrikisha, and it is also an extremely comfortable mode of traveling.
From The Pearl of India by Maturin Murray Ballou
The author has made a similar jaunt inland from Yokohama, in a single day, the cooly who drew the jinrikisha coming in at last in as fresh a condition as a well-driven horse would do.
From The Pearl of India by Maturin Murray Ballou
A ride in a jinrikisha, a small man-propelled chaise, afforded us other agreeable surprises.
From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou
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