taxicab
[tak-see-kab]
- a public passenger vehicle, especially an automobile, usually fitted with a taximeter.
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Origin of taxicab
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for taxicab
Contemporary Examples
The mortally wounded Cherry lost control of his Maserati and the car careened into a taxicab, causing it to burst into flames.
That makes it harder to get everything from a taxicab to a job.
She'd seen ads for it on New York City buses and taxicab tops, the anonymous columnist notoriously vicious.
Historical Examples
There ought to be a taxicab just the other side of the station.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
He was out in his taxicab again the next morning, and by noon he had secured what he wanted.
Alice AdamsBooth Tarkington
And I'm going to telephone for a taxicab to take you, if you think you've really got to go.
Alice AdamsBooth Tarkington
She drove to an apartment on 96th Street, left her taxicab, and entered.
The Film of FearArnold Fredericks
I was watching, and he first went to a saloon on the corner, and then drove off in a taxicab.
The Film of FearArnold Fredericks
Word Origin and History for taxicab
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper