cabdriver
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cabdriver
Example Sentences
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The gigs didn’t pay much, and he became a cabdriver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
“I just want us to go back to being unknown,” Petersen, the cabdriver, said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
He is a former cabdriver and music instructor who served in the New York judiciary for more than 15 years before presiding over Trump’s bench trial.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
Now he makes a living as a cabdriver, sometimes picking up migrants who come from Guatemala, as he did.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
In each article, I’m known as twenty-year-old cabdriver Ed Kennedy, as I lied to every single reporter about my age.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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