Meanings
nounrikisha (plural rikishas or rikisha)
plural rikishas
- alternativeAlternative form of rickshaw.
Among the fleets of taxis, buses and tramcars that fill the square, five or six frail rikisha are lined up bravely under the station’s broad roof, with nickel spokes and fenders gleaming.
1939, Henry Noël, “The Hub of the Empire”, in Karakoro: At Home In Japan, Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, →OCLC, page 79
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