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Jinrikisha

Jinrikisha \Jin*rik"i*sha\, n. [Jap. jin man + riki power + sha carriage.] A small, two-wheeled, hooded vehicle drawn by one or more men. [Japan]

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jinrikisha

n. (alternative form of jinriksha English)

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jinrikisha

n. a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person [syn: ricksha, rickshaw]

Usage examples of "jinrikisha".

Garlands of these, arranged close together, were stretched across the streets from ridgepoles to ridgepole, and your jinrikisha whisked you through interminable arbors of soft illumination.

It is the story of a Singhalese jinrikisha man of Colombo and his English fare.

There were wheeled vehicles that whined softly and left a tang of ozone behind, and pedal-powered carts like jinrikishas, and even a few draft animals that resembled small oxen.