Synonyms for taxicab


Grammar : Noun
Spell : tak-see-kab
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæk siˌkæb


Définition of taxicab

Origin :
  • 1907, from taxi (n.) + cab (n.).
  • As in cab : noun car for hire
  • As in gypsy cab : noun taxi with restricted license
Example sentences :
  • There ought to be a taxicab just the other side of the station.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • He was out in his taxicab again the next morning, and by noon he had secured what he wanted.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • And I'm going to telephone for a taxicab to take you, if you think you've really got to go.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • She drove to an apartment on 96th Street, left her taxicab, and entered.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • I was watching, and he first went to a saloon on the corner, and then drove off in a taxicab.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • The taxicab in which he had made the trip down was still waiting for him.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • The vessel docked and later Lee and Ellen entered a taxicab near the pier.
  • Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
  • Why, I would not think of racing a taxicab, as he would say, without Rupert beside me.
  • Extract from : « The Flying Mercury » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • He finally flings her into the taxicab and returns to his seat.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, April 14, 1920 » by Various
  • It took an automobile and a train and a taxicab to bring me.
  • Extract from : « Mary Rose of Mifflin » by Frances R. Sterrett

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