cycle rickshaw

[ sahy-kuhl rik-shaw, rik-shah ]

noun

1. (especially in Southeast Asia) a three-wheeled public conveyance operated by pedals, typically one having a two-passenger hooded cab usually mounted behind the driver but sometimes in front.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cycle rickshaw¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

A man carries a fan in the back of a cycle rickshaw, its blades spinning in the wind; another pedals his bicycle with a single watermelon fastened to its back.

From New York Times

Vinod Jha, 42, a cycle rickshaw driver who changed to an electric model two years ago, said that he got more business now.

From New York Times

The police theory is that in Raipur, he took a cycle rickshaw and then a tuk-tuk to visit two courier services before deciding on one located in a basement.

From BBC

Farida Begum’s face lights up as she talks about the day, four years ago, when she and her husband brought home a cycle rickshaw.

From The Guardian

In the past two years, sons of a railway station baggage handler, a truck driver and a cycle rickshaw driver studied in Kota and made it to top engineering and medical colleges.

From Washington Post