rickshaw
noun
a small, two-wheeled, cartlike passenger vehicle with a fold-down top, pulled by one person, formerly used widely in Japan and China.
ricksha
-
a variation of
rickshaw.
Example Sentences
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The Government spoke of archaic labor, but last week the ricksha men showed how necessary their labor was to a nation that is not yet wholly modern.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Shepard struggled with the rock-filled ricksha, Mitchell warned: "Don't run into that crater, Al."
From Time Magazine Archive
But all I've been doing since I got here is shouting and screaming at ricksha drivers.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a delightful debut, a cross between a Chinese circus and a ricksha pileup.
From Time Magazine Archive
But another ricksha puller stood near and leaned over as he counted and he said to Wang Lung, “Only twenty-six. How far did you pull that old head?”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
