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Definition of Cabstand
1. Noun. A place where taxis park while awaiting customers. "In England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank'"
Definition of Cabstand
1. Noun. A place intended for taxis to wait for passengers; a taxi rank. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cabstand
1. a place where cabs await hire [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabstand
Literary usage of Cabstand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wonderful London, its lights and shadows of humour and sadness (1878)
"OPPOSITE A cabstand. FOR some little time I have been confined to the house. ...
I used to think that cabstand a nuisance, but the truth now dawns upon me ..."
2. The Philosopher in Slippers: Zigzag Views of Life and Society by Frederick Arnold (1890)
"Now just opposite these windows is a cabstand. I used to think that cabstand a
nuisance, but the truth now dawns upon me that there is a compensation in ..."
3. Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into and Report Upon the by David Miller Barbour, John Wolfe Wolfe- Barry (1905)
"cabstand» in crowded ... Cabmen are forbidden to ply for hire elsewhere than
Hackney at an appointed cabstand, or to cause obstruction by loitering ; but it ..."
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