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cabby

[kab-ee] / ˈkæb i /


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Mr. Simon, 61, a former cabby and parking-lot manager who immigrated from Haiti at 13 and started showing symptoms of schizophrenia in his 30s, will probably spend the rest of his life locked away.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2022

We asked the cabby if he had ever tried a cupcake.

From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2022

As I pulled up in front of our new address, a cabby yelled out his window as he whizzed by.

From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2021

An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2020

Our cabby was craning out of his window with a furious, purple expression.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Robotaxis pose a fresh threat to London’s traditional cabbies, whose numbers have declined rapidly in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

A single campaign cannot school rude or misbehaving drivers overnight - there are about 46,000 cabbies in the city, cautions Ryan Wong, the chairman of the council.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2024

It was a unicorn software company, one that didn’t employ cabbies, but rather facilitated the connection of a driver to an independent contractor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

Transit workers like train engineers, bus drivers, cabbies, and rideshare workers get passengers to the airport, while parking attendants and shuttle drivers help millions of others navigate arrival.

From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2022

The cabbies are threatening a one-day strike of all New York.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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