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Definition of Cabstands
1. cabstand [n] - See also: cabstand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabstands
Literary usage of Cabstands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into and Report Upon the by David Miller Barbour, John Wolfe Wolfe- Barry (1905)
"cabstands in crowded streets are an obvious impediment to the traffic.2 but so
... there must be cabstands, and we are of opinion that the Commissioners ot ..."
2. The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal of Satire edited by Arthur William A'Beckett (1869)
"That all cabstands in Brompton, Bayswater, Kensington, and Clapham be removed to St.
John's ... That cabstands be established in front of all the Clubs, ..."
3. The Horse-world of London by Gordon, William John (1893)
"London has GOO cabstands, exclusive of those in the City and on private ...
The GOO cabstands on an average afford accommodation for eleven vehicles each. ..."
4. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"He remarked on the moonlight on Apsley House, the weather, the cabstands—anything
but that subject. He towed stiffly to Strong, and clung to his nephew's ..."
5. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1874)
"Two cabmen occupy a settle in a corner, discussing the grave question of covered
cabstands, mooted some time since by a philanthropical individual. ..."
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