taxicab

[ tak-see-kab ]

/ ˈtæk siˌkæb /

a public passenger vehicle, especially an automobile, usually fitted with a taximeter.

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First recorded in 1905–10; taxi(meter) + cab¹

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The mortally wounded Cherry lost control of his Maserati and the car careened into a taxicab, causing it to burst into flames.
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That makes it harder to get everything from a taxicab to a job.
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She'd seen ads for it on New York City buses and taxicab tops, the anonymous columnist notoriously vicious.
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Well, she had fallen off and had to be taken home in a taxicab.
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Twenty minutes later a taxicab set down the old man at the door, and a maid admitted him and brought him into the saloon.
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"I'm going for that taxicab," said Grace, as Emma still remained silent.
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It possesses, moreover, a moo which is a blend between a ship's siren and a taxicab's honk syringe.
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It took an automobile and a train and a taxicab to bring me.
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1907, from taxi (n.) + cab (n.).