rickshaw
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈrɪkˌʃɔ/
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rickshaw
- From the corner of her eye, Pei could see another rickshaw driver approaching them.
- rickshaw driver
Examples
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Hasari, with Shambu in the rickshaw, arrives to take the children home.
Fiction book (1992) -
On our last day we went to Osaka and I did a rickshaw tour with some of the other travelers out.
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You know, this might have been faster if we took a rickshaw.
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You can buy it in a market or from a rickshaw or taxi driver anywhere.
Blog text (12) -
I was dreaming the sound of rickshaw bells, and now I hear them.
Fiction book (1992) -
This driver wasn't very heavy, and he wasn't used to all the weight in the rickshaw.
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Outside, there are rickshaw pullers filling the courtyard and spilling out into the street.
Fiction book (1992) -
The valley was mostly rice fields and a smattering of homes, with rickshaws or wagons occasionally clattering between them.
Fiction book (1999) -
Calcutta broiling: Buses, vendors, carts, rickshaws, children beg at car windows.
Fiction book (1992) -
We hired a rickshaw to explore the colorful streets of the city.
Synonyms
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9.9
A small two-wheeled cart pulled by a person for one passenger
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9.6
A small two-wheeled cart pulled by a person that carries people
A light two-wheeled cart pulled by a person that carries one or two passengers
Compounds
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3.9
A small three-wheeled vehicle that a person pedals to carry passengers for money
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Etymology
Rickshaw comes from the Japanese word jinrikisha, made of jin 'person', riki 'power', and sha 'vehicle'. So it literally meant a vehicle moved by a person, which is why a rickshaw was a small two-wheeled cart pulled by someone on foot.