kago
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Origin of kago
1855–60; < Japanese: basket, cage
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Yomoto and the recommencement of the jinrikisha road is reached; a broiled fish and a bottle of native beer are consumed for lunch, and the kago coolies dismissed.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
Perhaps from out that curtained kago on the road his erring daughter may have peeped at him.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
Swiftly, swiftly they were borne, and the kago men sang as they went, a song to make labour light.
From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace
On the other side of the passage our kago bearers and guide passed the night crowding round a log fire made on a stone foundation in the middle of the floor.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882
The Danna Sama from the Aoyama yashiki—he condescends the kago.
From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)
We found conveyances waiting for us, kagos they were called.
From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by Kingston, William Henry Giles
People who do not feel able, or who are not inclined to go up the pass on foot, are carried up in kagos, as was the case with two of our little party.
From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Ballou, Maturin Murray
It was, therefore, impossible for any wheeled vehicle to traverse it, so that we had to use in some cases kagos, in others riding-horses.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882
Our friend could not take us publicly into the town, so he had us conveyed to his country-house in kagos, such as were used at Loo-Choo.
From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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