'rickshaw
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.85 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I had originally some wild notion of confiding it all to Kitty ; of begging her to marry me at once ; and in her arms defying the ghostly occupant of the 'rickshaw. "After all," I argued, "the presence of the 'rickshaw is in itself enough to prove the existence of a spectral illusion. One may see ghosts of men and women, but surely never of coolies and carriages. The whole thing is absurd. Fancy the ghost of a hill-man !""
Etymology
Because the Japanese 力車 (rikisha) is an abbreviation of 人力車 (jinrikisha), some authors have insisted that the English term also be marked as an abbreviation, as if abbreviated from jinrickshaw.