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n. A three-wheeled cycle rickshaw.
Wikipedia
A trishaw is a hybrid of the tricycle and the rickshaw. It is often used as a local means of transport, often to carry passengers on a for hire basis. They come in two different versions:
- Auto rickshaw, a motorized trishaw
- Cycle rickshaw, a pedal-powered trishaw
Usage examples of "trishaw".
Street wanderers jumped when they saw his trishaw speeding in front of the others, hiccoughing over the cobbles and scattering dogs and innocent sleepy children.
Outside, along the gutter, were the trishaws, the evolution of the rickshaw, a bicycle and a sidecar with the coolie pedalling.
He pointed towards Lantry and Tasker getting into their trishaws, and explaining to their bicycle men.
But their trishaws were now moving slowly out from the gutter, into the street, and his coolie bent his head and went out too.
Brigg screwed his eyes into his lids as they spurted by other trishaws, aimlessly driven lorries, and wandering cars.