'rickshaw

rickshaw English Etymology Because the ja 力車 rikisha is an abbreviation of ja 人力車 jinrikisha, some authors have insisted that the en - term also be marked as an abbreviation, as if abbreviated from en jinriksha jinrickshaw. Noun en dated hypercorrect en rickshaw. en 1890 https://archive.org/details/phantomrickshawo00kiplrich/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater Rudyard Kipling The Phantom 'Rickshaw: And Other Tales 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 !" 16—17 Anagrams en achikrsw Harwicks