cycle rickshaw

cycle rickshaw
noun
a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire
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boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs

Syn: ↑pedicab
Hypernyms: ↑tricycle, ↑trike, ↑velocipede

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cycle rickshaw UK US noun [countable] [singular cycle rickshaw plural cycle rickshaws] indian english
a type of bicycle used as a taxi, with three wheels and a part at the back for carrying passengers
Thesaurus: taxis and travelling by taxihyponym types of bicycle or motorcyclehyponym

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cycle rickshaw,
= pedicab. (Cf.pedicab)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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