rickshaw
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ʃɔ, -ʃɑ noun
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rickshaw or ricksha (ˈrɪkʃɔː, ˈrɪkʃə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| 1. | Also called: jinrikisha a small two-wheeled passenger vehicle drawn by one or two men, used in parts of Asia |
| 2. | Also called: trishaw a similar vehicle with three wheels, propelled by a man pedalling as on a tricycle |
| [C19: shortened from | |
| ricksha or ricksha | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
rickshaw
1887, shortened form of jinrikisha, popularized by Kipling, from Japanese jin "a man" + riki "power" + sha "carriage."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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rickshaw
(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 It was used widely in the Orient but was largely superseded by the pedicab (q.v.), a ricksha driven by bicycle.
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Example sentences
It also provides a free rickshaw service to famous sites.
Yet it's capable of taking sharp, high-pixel density photos even from a bouncy rickshaw.
One family lived in each house, often with a coterie of servants and rickshaw pullers.
Some of the vignettes are memorable, such as one little drama involving white-suited colonials and rickshaw coolies.
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