cabbie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Again and again, I observed Harvey navigate the madness like a seasoned cabbie: edging purposefully into traffic, claiming lane position, anticipating the flow of pedestrians, creeping forward to signal intent—not just smart but clever.
The neo-noir psychological drama stars Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, a lonely, insomniac Vietnam War veteran who takes a job as a night-shift cabbie in New York City.
From Salon
The cabbie, a hard-bitten postcommunist cynic, asks her if she’s visiting the archives “for work or fun.”
I wondered, how will the cabbie drive through this?
From Los Angeles Times
Cabbie, Phil Davis said: "It’s a challenge but we all do it to see a smile on their face."
From BBC
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