cabman
noun 2
Collocations
1VERB + CABMAN
defeated
Definitions
noun
1
The driver of a hackney cab.
At length we saw a four-wheeler drive up. Out of it, in leisurely fashion, got Lord Godalming and Morris. And down from the box descended a thick-set working man with his rush-woven basket of tools. Morris paid the cabman, who touched his hat and drove away.
2
The driver of a taxi.
A girl in the bakery, aged sixteen, used oaths that would have defeated a cabman.
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Synonyms
noun — someone who drives a taxi for a living
- taxidriver
- taximan
- cabdriver
- cabby
- hack-driver
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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At length we saw a four-wheeler drive up. Out of it, in leisurely fashion, got Lord Godalming and Morris. And down from the box descended a thick-set working man with his rush-woven basket of tools. M
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A girl in the bakery, aged sixteen, used oaths that would have defeated a cabman.
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