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taxi rank

British  

noun

  1. a place where taxis wait to be hired

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The monument in the foreground of the video, the zebra crossing, the taxi rank and the distinctive gate were located in satellite images.

From BBC Oct. 14, 2022

Jamie Corstorphine, a local historian who is manager of the City of the Dead Tours, said: "It would have been like a 24-hour taxi rank but with horses and coaches."

From BBC Sep. 2, 2022

Taxi Wheels is a 2D platformer game set in Bara, a well-known minibus taxi rank in Soweto.

From The Guardian Jun. 15, 2020

In Kenema, a usually heaving taxi rank is all but deserted; its cabs have nowhere to go.

From Economist Aug. 14, 2014

A woman waiting at the taxi rank turned to stare.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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