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rickshaw Definition

rick·shaw (riks̸hô′)

noun

jinrikisha

rickshaw Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • take: Took a rickshaw back to the hotel to find out they didn't get us a train ticket to Bombay.
  • see: I don't think we'll see rickshaws being pulled and pedaled through the darkened English countryside delivering goods.
  • motorise: Sudhir took them to hospital in his motorized rickshaw, praying " Please, Jesus, give them back to me.
  • hire: You can even hire a rickshaw, with or without driver.
  • pull: There's also a ridiculous sequence where Kato follows the car - on foot, pulling a rickshaw!
  • find: We couldn't find an auto rickshaw so we settled for a cycle rickshaw.

Adjective modifier

  • traditional: Finally, board a traditional rickshaw to explore the narrow lanes of Old Delhi, with their crowded shopfronts and mass of people.
  • old: I got a ride in a terribly old rickshaw.
  • pedal-powered: In keeping with the aims of the new project, she will arrive in a pedal-powered rickshaw.
  • own: He had the idea of owning his own rickshaw ( three-wheeler taxi ).

Modifies a noun

  • Puller: Every morning Khalid angers some rickshaw puller or the other who are keen to get their next fare.
  • ride: You will also have a chance to enjoy a rickshaw ride in the narrow lanes of the old city.
  • driver: My rickshaw driver was keen to get away from them, nearly running over my foot in the process.
  • coolie: There may be a mission for rickshaw coolies, hut there can never be a church for rickshaw coolies.
  • wallah: I have solved the problem of the rickshaw wallahs.

Noun used with modifier

  • bicycle: In a Grameen village, center members seized a man's bicycle rickshaw, which had been purchased with Grameen Bank loans.
  • cycle: You will also have a chance to enjoy a cycle rickshaw ride in the by-lanes of the old city.
  • auto: We contributed a portion of the money needed for him to buy an auto rickshaw.
  • motor: These Goa beaches can be reached on foot or by bicycle, and plenty of busses taxis and motor rickshaws run along the coast.
rickshaw Quotes

   It's no go the merrygoround, it's no go the rickshaw, All we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow. Their knickers are made of cre"  pe-de-chine, their shoes are made of python, Their halls are lined with tiger rugs and their walls with the heads of bison.

—MacNeice, (Frederick) Louis

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