Definition of Rikshaw

1. rickshaw [n -S] - See also: rickshaw

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rikshaw

rigsdaler
rigsdalers
rijstafel
rijstafels
rijstaffel
rijsttafel
rijsttafels
rijsttaffel
rika
rike
rikisha
rikishas
rikishi
riksdaler
riksdalers
rikshaw (current term)
rikshaws
rilandite
rile
riled
riles
riley-day syndrome
rilier
riliest
rilievi
rilievo
riling
rill
rill erosion
rille

Literary usage of Rikshaw

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ein Spaziergang in Japan by Bernhard Kellermann (1919)
"rikshaw, mister ? rikshaw, sir ? Zuweilen hocken sie auch in kleinen Zelten und lugen heraus. Die Kinder tummeln sich, die Mütter säugen ihre Kinder im ..."

2. Principles of Human Geography by Ellsworth Huntington, Sumner W. Cushing (1922)
"In the interior away from the few railroads, you would find it impossible to hire even a '"rikshaw," because there are no roads for these two- wheeled ..."

3. Principles of Human Geography by Ellsworth Huntington, Sumner W. Cushing (1922)
"In the interior away from the few railroads, you would find it impossible to hire even a '"rikshaw," because there are no roads for these two- wheeled ..."

4. The Modernizing of the Orient by Clayton Sedgwick Cooper (1914)
"Be that as it may, when the Western traveler is fairly torn asunder, as to both body and temper, by obstreperous and almost carnivorous rikshaw coolies and ..."

5. The Modernizing of the Orient by Clayton Sedgwick Cooper (1914)
"... as to both body and temper, by obstreperous and almost carnivorous rikshaw coolies and carriage drivers before he reaches his hotel; and when he arrives ..."

6. The Modernizing of the Orient by Clayton Sedgwick Cooper (1914)
"Be that as it may, when the Western traveler is fairly torn asunder, as to both body and temper, by obstreperous and almost carnivorous rikshaw coolies and ..."

7. Japanese Conversation-grammar: With Numerous Reading Lessons and Dialogues by Hermann Plaut (1905)
"... rikshaw as the English pronounce it) is quite incomprehensible. 20. Exercise. Did you ever go with a jinrikisha? Yes, I did; when I was at Hongkong, ..."

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