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quickshaws

quickshaws is the plural of quickshaw.

Meaning of quickshaw

Noun

quickshaw (plural quickshaws)

  1. (Sri-Lanka) A taxi.
    • Shop-owners tried to entice us into their shops, but we caught a quickshaw or taxi and asked for the nuns' convent. Never have I been so scared as I was during the next twenty minutes. There are no traffic rules in Colombo […]1965, Janice Woodley, Not in this Way

Questions about quickshaws

What is quickshaws the plural of?
Quickshaws is the plural of quickshaw.

Words near quickshaws in the dictionary

  1. quickselect
  2. quickset
  3. quicksets
  4. quicksetting
  5. quickshaw
  6. quickshaws
  7. quickshifter
  8. quickshifters
  9. quickshot
  10. quicksighted
  11. quicksilver

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