tap-tap
n.— «I was cheering them on when a tap-tap, the gaily painted bus, careened into the crowd and knocked a paper mask flying.» —“Progress In Haiti: Leopards In Sneakers Instead of Tonton Macoutes” by Herbert Gold New York Times Magazine Mar. 12, 1972. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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