cabby
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cabby
First recorded in 1855–60; cab(driver) + -y 2
Example Sentences
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Mr. Gory, the Uber driver who was a cabby for 20 years, makes about $800 a week with the app service and still owes about $51,000 on his 2022 Toyota Highlander.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023
To prepare for his 1976 role as Travis Bickle, a haunted, lonely Vietnam veteran turned New York cabby, De Niro spent a little over a week actually driving a taxi.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2022
The cabby was talkative, and we quickly struck up a conversation.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2022
A carriage cabby sells cadavers to a medical-school doctor in 19th-century Edinburgh.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2020
The third cabby looks at Alicia and says, "For you, fifty-five dollars—one-way. Okay?"
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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