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CABMAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who drives a taxi for a living
Synonyms:
cabby; cabdriver; cabman; hack-driver; hack driver; livery driver; taxidriver; taximan
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cabman" is a kind of...):
driver (the operator of a motor vehicle)
Context examples:
The particular one at which my cabman pulled up had an air of smug and demure respectability in its old-fashioned iron railings, its massive folding-door, and its shining brasswork.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
See the advantages of a cabman as a confidant.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We got to the church first, and when the four-wheeler drove up we waited for him to step out, but he never did, and when the cabman got down from the box and looked there was no one there!
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He appeared to be in a great hurry, shouted to the cabman to wait, and brushed past the maid who opened the door with the air of a man who was thoroughly at home.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
