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rickshaws

  • plural
    of rickshaw.
    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.

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Next to his shop is a parking lot for cycle rickshaws, another crisis-proof mode of transportation.

From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026

“Now most of us are doing work like driving rickshaws and taxis,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2025

For days, huge columns of Palestinians have streamed southwards from Gaza City in donkey carts, rickshaws, vehicles strapped high with belongings, and on foot.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025

The sweet scent of food carts selling guava and bananas blends with blooming jasmine, burning incense, and the fragrant fumes of auto rickshaws driving by.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2024

It wouldn’t be long before the lanes were bustling with rickshaws and people.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins