"'rickshaw" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: 'rickshaws [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{m+|ja|力車|tr=rikisha}} Japanese 力車 (rikisha), {{m|ja|人力車|tr=jinrikisha}} 人力車 (jinrikisha), {{m+|en|-}} English, {{m|en|jinriksha|jinrickshaw}} jinrickshaw Head templates: {{en-noun}} 'rickshaw (plural 'rickshaws)
  1. (dated, hypercorrect) Alternative form of rickshaw Tags: alt-of, alternative, dated, hypercorrect Alternative form of: rickshaw
    Sense id: en-'rickshaw-en-noun-Gwhu-3X1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English hypercorrections

Inflected forms

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