taximan

[ tak-see-muhn ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

, plural tax·i·men.

1. a taxi driver.

Word History and Origins

Origin of taximan¹

First recorded in 1920–25; taxi + -man

Example Sentences

He fumbled under his overcoat for loose silver, drew out a handful and paid off the taximan.

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There he found Sowerby, very red faced and humid, and a taximan who sat stolidly surveying the Embankment from the window.

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An angry snarling, suggesting that of a wild animal disturbed in its lair, proclaimed the arousing of Taximan Thomas Brian.

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And I used to think the old cabbies could drive, but their job was child's play to the taximan's!

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