Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quickshaw

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quick-shaw
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"We went out together and hired a quickshaw (as the Ceylonese taxis used to be called) and I took him out for beer and lunch at my favourite Chinese restaurant."
"We drove there in the one taxi in town, a large Brougham automobile of ancient vintage, whimsically called a quickshaw."

Etymology

Blend of quick + rickshaw.

Inflected Forms

quickshaws (plural)

Questions

What does quickshaw mean?: A taxi.
Where does quickshaw come from?: Blend of quick + rickshaw.

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