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  • adjective of or relating to vehicles having three wheels

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Examples

  • He gets few takers—most folks would rather wait for a yellow cab than board his three-wheeled rickshaw.

    Giving Pedicabs a Shot Anne Kadet 2011

  • TVS Motor Co. Chairman Venu Srinivasan said the maker of motorcycles, scooters and three-wheeled vehicles has no intention to buy the government's stake in the company.

    Atul Auto Wants to Bid on Scooters India Santanu Choudhury of Dow Jones Newswires 2011

  • This freaky, groovy three-wheeled car thing comes in a variety of exciting colors, which you would be wise to opt for.

    duh pookie 2009

  • Dan Park In the Rickshaw Challenge, participants race three-wheeled 'tuk-tuks' up to 1,180 miles across India.

    Around the World in 80 Ways Sophia Hollander 2011

  • This freaky, groovy three-wheeled car thing comes in a variety of exciting colors, which you would be wise to opt for.

    duh pookie 2009

  • The three-wheeled Robin, the futuristic Loremo and stout scarab?

    60 Iconic and Classic Cars 2009

  • The one guy I can handle rides a three-wheeled bike with a small cooler on it.

    Bad humor (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • In 2009, he wrote to support Aptera Motors, which makes a three-wheeled electric car.

    GOP Lawmaker Questions Loan Guarantees to 3 Firms Jared A. Favole 2011

  • Fuller, born in 1895, is best known for his geodesic domes, but his ultimate hope was that the three-wheeled Dymaxion? which looked like a VW camper van crossed with a pinball flipper? would fly, allowing Americans to leave the highway vertically and touch down at lightweight aluminium homes, scattered wherever they fancied by a fleet of Zeppelins.

    Norman Foster's back-to-front car Jonathan Glancey 2010

  • Other races are more focused on an experience, such as the Rickshaw Challenge, where participants pilot the three-wheeled vehicles also known as tuk-tuks to drive as far as 1,180 miles across India.

    Around the World in 80 Ways Sophia Hollander 2011

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