rickshaw

noun

rick·shaw ˈrik-ˌshȯ

variants or less commonly ricksha

: a small covered 2-wheeled vehicle usually for one passenger that is pulled by one man and that was used originally in Japan

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In Old Delhi, not far from Chandni Chowk, on roads plied only by cycle rickshaws and men and women on foot, there is a wonderful little set of alleyways that fork off from the already tight little streets. —

Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 9 Dec. 2021 In addition to training AQI ambassadors, MHT and its community action groups also drove around an electric rickshaw with posters, distributed handouts, performed street plays, made wall art, and met legislators to push for safer work sites. —

Vandana K, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2022 The officers bundled Seckie into a three-wheel motorized rickshaw, delivered him to a concrete police station and locked him in a cell. —

Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2023 To get five liters of gasoline, auto-rickshaw drivers wait calmly in line for as long as five days. —

New York Times, 19 July 2022 The bomb went off after a man driving a motorized rickshaw entered a village in the Gilan district to sell goods and was soon surrounded by kids, according to Wahidullah Jumazada, spokesman for the Ghazni provincial governor. —

Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020 Unhurried tours on foot or cycle rickshaw allow visitors to take it all in and stop for an occasional tea break at any of the charming cafes in the area. —

Condé Nast Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Nov. 2022 An investigator involved in the case told The Associated Press that the footage has revealed the attacker arrived at the site in a motorized rickshaw along with two other people, who are being sought. —

USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2022 The goal for the WS18-19 was to make Roboy drive his rickshaw! —

IEEE Spectrum, 19 Apr. 2019 See More

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