Synonyms for rickshaw
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rik-shaw, -shah |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪk ʃɔ, -ʃɑ |
Top 10 synonyms for rickshaw Other synonyms for the word rickshaw
Définition of rickshaw
Origin :- 1887, shortened form of jinrikisha, popularized by Kipling, from Japanese jin "a man" + riki "power" + sha "carriage."
- As in cart : noun small attachment for transporting
- Half a minute brought us within fifty yards of the 'rickshaw.
- Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
- Lastly, the 'rickshaw came, and I got her away—partly by force.
- Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
- Foh-Kyung did not speak until he put Dong-Yung in the rickshaw.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1919 » by Various
- No Siamese pulls a rickshaw, though he frequently rides in one.
- Extract from : « The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe » by Ernest Young
- The Chinese are the beasts of burden as far as the Bangkok rickshaw is concerned.
- Extract from : « The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe » by Ernest Young
- The rickshaw was borrowed from Japan; the "gharry" has been imported from India.
- Extract from : « The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe » by Ernest Young
- A rickshaw will ordinarily hold two; you may often see four or five in one.
- Extract from : « The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe » by Ernest Young
- Here and there your rickshaw dodges, working its way through the crowd.
- Extract from : « Peeps at Many Lands: Japan » by John Finnemore
- The rickshaw bells are the more important, because the Japanese are not observant.
- Extract from : « Roving East and Roving West » by E. V. Lucas
- It was just luck I picked him up, and more luck that we found your rickshaw coolies.
- Extract from : « The Caves of Fear » by John Blaine
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