rickshaw
See also: 'rickshaw
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Borrowed from Japanese 力車 (rikisha), an abbreviation of 人力車 (jinrikisha), from Middle Chinese 人力 (nyin lik, “human power”) + 車 (t͡ʃʰæ, “cart”) (compare Mandarin 人力車/人力车 (rénlìchē)).
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rickshaw (plural rickshaws)
- A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
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two-wheeled carriage
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rickshaw (third-person singular simple present rickshaws, present participle rickshawing, simple past and past participle rickshawed)
- To move someone by means of a rickshaw.
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rickshaw m (plural rickshaws)
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