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jin⋅rik⋅i⋅sha
[
jin-rik-shaw, -shah] 
–noun
| a small, two-wheeled, cartlike passenger vehicle with a fold-down top, pulled by one person, formerly used widely in Japan and China. |
Also, jin⋅rick⋅sha, jin⋅rick⋅shaw, jin⋅rik⋅sha.
Also called rickshaw, ricksha.
Origin:
1870–75; < Japn, equiv. to jin person + -riki power + -sha vehicle (< MChin, equiv. to Chin rénlì shē)
1870–75; < Japn, equiv. to jin person + -riki power + -sha vehicle (< MChin, equiv. to Chin rénlì shē)
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| rick·sha or rick·shaw (rĭk'shô) n. A jinriksha. [Short for jinriksha.] |
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ricksha
(Japanese: "human-powered vehicle"), two-wheeled vehicle with a doorless, chairlike body and a collapsible hood, that holds one or two passengers and is drawn by a man between two shafts. It was used widely in the Orient but was largely superseded by the pedicab (q.v.), a ricksha driven by bicycle.
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