cabby

[ kab-ee ]

/ ˈkæb i /

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noun, plural cab·bies.Informal.

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Origin of cabby

First recorded in 1855–60; cab(driver) + -y²

The cabby, sensing something was not quite right with his passenger, called the police.
Nicolas Cage Arrested: His Latest Run-In With the Law|The Daily Beast|April 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Well, do you know, darling, that cabby addressed me seriously; took me to task for want of candour.
Somehow Good|William de Morgan
The only time we knew the cabby to score was one day this year, when J. was walking from the studio with him.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
She kept putting her head out of the window and calling to the cabby to go quicker, quicker.
The Little White Bird|J. M. Barrie

It was four to one, for cabby's wrath was now centered upon "that hully show of a bloomin' auntie."
Peggy Stewart at School|Gabrielle E. Jackson
Checkers stopped to pay the cabby and Aunt and I went into the station.
Polly the Pagan|Isabel Anderson