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trishaw en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of tri- + rickshaw.

Meanings

1. A three-wheeled cycle rickshaw.
   • Hardman ran to the corner and jumped into a trishaw. The driver was maddeningly slow and stupid. 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), London: Heinemann, page 192:
   • “Where are all those uniformed people who are always ready to beat civilians?” asked a trishaw taxi driver, who said he did not want to be identified because he feared retribution. 2008 May 5, The Associated Press, “Cyclone Kills More Than 350 in Myanmar”, in New York Times:

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