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trishaw

trishaw noun: a three-wheeled cycle rickshaw.

Noun

trishaw (plural trishaws)

  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

Forms of trishaw

pluraltrishaws

Origin of trishaw

Blend of tri- + rickshaw.

Questions about trishaw

What does trishaw mean?
Trishaw means a three-wheeled cycle rickshaw.
What part of speech is trishaw?
Trishaw is a noun.
What is the plural of trishaw?
The plural of trishaw is trishaws.

Words near trishaw in the dictionary

  1. trisexual
  2. trisexuality
  3. trisexuals
  4. Trish
  5. Trisha
  6. trishaw
  7. trishaws
  8. Trishira
  9. trishna
  10. trishnas
  11. trishul

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