rickshaw
or rick·sha
a small, two-wheeled, cartlike passenger vehicle with a fold-down top, pulled by one person, formerly used widely in Japan and China.
Origin of rickshaw
1- Also rik·i·sha, rik·shaw .
Words Nearby rickshaw
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How to use rickshaw in a sentence
Others were pedaled up the fortress path in a decked-out rickshaw.
Eavesdropping On Kim and Kanye’s Florentine “Wedding of the Century” | Barbie Latza Nadeau | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe guidebooks tell one story of Delhi: the beautiful Mughal gardens and the city snapped from a rickshaw.
Delhi in Crisis: How Corruption Rotted a Great Capital | William O’Connor | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut to see obscene displays of wealth, take an auto rickshaw out to the museum at the Umaid Bhawan Palace.
Jodhpur Is an Oasis in the Middle of the Mad Rush of India | William O’Connor | March 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAmong them was Rowena Estoya's husband Bernado, a bicycle rickshaw driver with curly hair and a patient manner.
Typhoon Haiyan: The Philippine Village that Lost Its Men | The Telegraph | November 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey will be coming to the big cities, looking for jobs that won't be created if India expands at a rickshaw rate of growth.
Somehow there was no conveyance in waiting, not even a rickshaw, so Maynebrace and his flag-lieutenant had to walk.
The Dreadnought of the Air | Percy F. WestermanThe rickshaw man's life, I was told in Japan, is several years shorter than that of the average man.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up | Clarence PoeIt takes more than half an hours rickshaw drive to get to the Embassy, where I called this morning.
A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael StopesThere had been very little shelling, and I had taken my first outing in the shape of a rickshaw drive during the afternoon.
South African Memories | Lady Sarah WilsonThe native name for the mail-cart-like hand-carriage I called a rickshaw at first.
A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael Stopes
British Dictionary definitions for rickshaw
ricksha (ˈrɪkʃə)
/ (ˈrɪkʃɔː) /
Also called: jinrikisha a small two-wheeled passenger vehicle drawn by one or two men, used in parts of Asia
Also called: trishaw a similar vehicle with three wheels, propelled by a man pedalling as on a tricycle
Origin of rickshaw
1- See also autorickshaw
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