cabby
Americannoun
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cabbies
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of cabby
First recorded in 1855–60; cab(driver) + -y 2
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After moving to DeKalb, Ill., west of Chicago, to be closer to his brother, he worked as a cabby and as an Uber driver.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
We asked the cabby if he had ever tried a cupcake.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2022
The cabby was talkative, and we quickly struck up a conversation.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2022
An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2020
The cabby makes a few other attempts to get a conversation going, but Alicia just nods or murmurs a little, so the guy gives up and punches up a country station on the radio.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
Robotaxis pose a fresh threat to London’s traditional cabbies, whose numbers have declined rapidly in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
A charity run by an ex-soldier and police officer hopes to issue 50 kits to cabbies in Cardiff, as part of an expanding network that includes six other UK cities.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
Transit workers like train engineers, bus drivers, cabbies, and rideshare workers get passengers to the airport, while parking attendants and shuttle drivers help millions of others navigate arrival.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2022
The show, about a group of New York City cabbies, most of whom wished they were working elsewhere, starred Judd Hirsch as a driver who seemed resigned to his fate.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2022
Where else do cabbies and garbagemen, bankers and businessmen all walk with a beat?
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
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