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taximan

American  
[tak-see-muhn] / ˈtæk si mən /

noun

Chiefly British.
taximen plural
  1. a taxi driver.


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noun

Etymology

Origin of taximan

First recorded in 1920–25; taxi + -man

Example Sentences

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The taximan sped his unconscious fare to a hospital.

From Time Magazine Archive

The black car smashed in the taxi-car and pushed in the wheel badly and the taximan was mad and the other man was mad.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then a pilot develops co-ordinations of his nerve centres which enable him to handle his controls automatically, like a policeman on a motorcycle, a taximan in his cab.

From Time Magazine Archive

A detective told the taximan that the President's nod had merely been a greeting, not a summons..

From Time Magazine Archive

"It's a dead-end," the taximan said in disgust, turning the cab around.

From Penny Nichols Finds a Clue by Clark, Joan

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