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taxicab

[ tak-see-kab ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a public passenger vehicle, especially an automobile, usually fitted with a taximeter.

Origin of taxicab¹

First recorded in 1905–10; taxi(meter) + cab ¹

It came from the collection of Robert and Ethel Scull, who had made their money running a taxicab empire.

Try to pay for a taxicab in Shanghai or Shenzhen with physical notes, and prepare for dirty looks.

From Time

The mortally wounded Cherry lost control of his Maserati and the car careened into a taxicab, causing it to burst into flames.

That makes it harder to get everything from a taxicab to a job.

She'd seen ads for it on New York City buses and taxicab tops, the anonymous columnist notoriously vicious.

For a few seconds the silence was unbroken save for a whir of a taxicab passing outside.

With fingers that were almost frenzied, Houston copied the notation, closed the book, and hurried again for a taxicab.

Still it was an entirely natural and easy thing to keep one arm around Maria when they got into the taxicab.

Still, for the moment he obeyed instructions implicitly and went down the stairs gingerly and out to the taxicab.

Lifting himself up on his hands and knees he saw Jim and Elaine scrambling into a taxicab.

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