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- noun Alternative spelling of
jinriksha .
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Examples
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The jinricksha is a small two-wheel wagon, much in shape like a sulky, except that it has a top which can be raised in rainy weather.
Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days 1890
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Almost the only mode of conveyance for travelers is a vehicle called a jinricksha, having somewhat the appearance of a large perambulator, which is drawn by natives with
Battles and Victories of Allen Allensworth, A. M., Ph. D., Lieutenant-Colonel, Retired, U. S. Army 1914
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None felt what would have been a nursery-instinct to a Hindu baby or a Japanese jinricksha-runner.
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At the entrance were groups of people, some of whom were selling fruits, and some were jinricksha men waiting to haul the people home after the performance.
Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days 1890
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At Colombo I saw the jinricksha for the first time.
Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days 1890
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Nothing is patronized more than the 'rickshas in Singapore, and while they are to be had for ten cents an hour it is no unusual sight to see four persons piled in one jinricksha and drawn by one man.
Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days 1890
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Clad in neat navy-blue garments, their little pudgy legs encased in unwrinkled tights, the upper half of their bodies in short jackets with wide flowing sleeves; their clean, good-natured faces, peeping from beneath comical mushroom-shaped hats; their blue-black, wiry locks cropped just above the nape of the neck, they offered a striking contrast to the jinricksha men of other countries.
Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days 1890
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The Chinese jinricksha men in Penang, compared with those in Colombo, are like over-fed pet horses besides racers in trim.
Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days 1890
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I found the Japanese jinricksha men a gratifying improvement upon those I seen from Ceylon to China.
Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days 1890
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The jinricksha men are black and wear little else than a sash.
Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days 1890
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