cabby

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cab·by

or cab·bie (kăb′ē)

n. pl. cab·bies

A cabdriver.

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cab•by

or cab•bie

(ˈkæb i)

n., pl. -bies.

a cabdriver.

[1855–60]

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Noun

cabby - someone who drives a taxi for a living

cabdriver, cabman, hack driver, hack-driver, livery driver, taxidriver, taximan

driver - the operator of a motor vehicle

Translations

tassista vetturino

cabby

n (inf, of taxi) → Taxifahrer(in) m(f); (of horsedrawn vehicle) → Kutscher(in) m(f)

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cabby

[ˈkæbɪ] n (fam) → tassista m/f

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It is not an extravagant theory that the cabby's singleness of purpose and concentrated view of life are the results of the hansom's peculiar construction.

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"Here, cabby! look sharp, we are rather late; put on the steam, will you, and take us to the Victoria in time for the one o'clock train?

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The cabby turned at him his enormous and inflamed countenance truculently.

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I was standing in the yard when a ragged youngster asked if there was a cabby there called Jefferson Hope, and said that his cab was wanted by a gentleman at 221B, Baker Street.

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"Drive back six years," I said to the cabby, "and stop at the Junior Old Fogies' Club."

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Here he engaged a cabby to take him to the Russian's address.

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He heard her cheerful "Good-night, cabby," as she ran up the steps and opened the door with a latchkey.