Definition of Cabby

1. Noun. Someone who drives a taxi for a living.


Definition of Cabby

1. Noun. (informal) A cabdriver, someone who drives a taxi. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cabby

1. a driver of a cab [n -BIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabby

cabbalisms
cabbalist
cabbalistic
cabbalistically
cabbalists
cabbed
cabbeling
cabbesse
cabbie
cabbies
cabbin
cabbing
cabbler
cabblers
cabbling
cabby (current term)
cabdriver
cabdrivers
cabdriving
caber
cabergoline
cabernet
cabernets
cabers
cabestro
cabestros
cabezon
cabezone
cabezones
cabezons

Literary usage of Cabby

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"cabby. Sticky ; clammy. Devon. CABLE-HATBAND. A fashion introduced about 1599, being a twisted cord of gold, silver, or silk, worn round the hat. GAULISH. ..."

2. The Romance of Madame Tussaud's by John Theodore Tussaud (1920)
"CHAPTER XXXV Stars of the stage in my studio—Miss Ellen Terry has a cup of tea—Sir Squire and Lady Bancroft—Sir Henry Irving and the cabby—We comply with a ..."

3. Random Rambles by Louise Chandler Moulton (1881)
"THE LONDON cabby. IN the interest of truth I am compelled to confess that cabmen -— or as we call them, hack-drivers — are not, even in America, ..."

4. My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene (1897)
"... Jennie Lee as the Street Arab—The nebulous "Jo"—Mr. Charles Wilmot, " The man from New Zealand," as the cabby— Miss Laura Morgan as the Tiger—Mr. Odell ..."

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