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Cab   /kæb/   Listen
Cab

noun
1.
A compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits.
2.
Small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood.  Synonym: cabriolet.
3.
A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money.  Synonyms: hack, taxi, taxicab.
verb
1.
Ride in a taxicab.  Synonym: taxi.



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"Cab" Quotes from Famous Books



... turning away from the square by the general Post Office, a white parasol waved from a passing cab, and Coral Hicks leaned forward with outstretched hand. "I knew I'd find you," she triumphed. "I've been driving up and down in this broiling sun for hours, shopping and watching for you at ...
— The Glimpses of the Moon • Edith Wharton
... delighted eyes, green meadows and hedgerows steeped in the pure sunlight. Bessie was to be met at the station by some friend of the Seftons, as the country-bred girl knew little about London, and though a short cab drive would deposit her at Charing Cross, it would be far pleasanter for her to have an escort. Mrs. Sefton had suggested Mrs. Sinclair, and Dr. Lambert had been much relieved ...
— Our Bessie • Rosa Nouchette Carey
... mused Alan Hawke, as he caught a passing cab, after telegraphing his greetings and intended departure to ...
— A Fascinating Traitor • Richard Henry Savage
... the speed, the din subsided. Yet a new discomfort took its place. So violently did the engine sway, that Bob was obliged to hang on to the window on his side of the cab to keep ...
— Bob Chester's Grit - From Ranch to Riches • Frank V. Webster
... to Gervaise through the puddles. Claude had the key of the room on his finger, and he exclaimed in his clear voice, "Papa's gone. He jumped off the bed, put all the things in the box and carried it down to a cab. ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol VIII • Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.


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