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cab·by

or cab·bie (kăb′ē)

n. pl. cab·bies

A cabdriver.

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cab•by

or cab•bie

(ˈkæb i)

n., pl. -bies.

a cabdriver.

[1855–60]

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Noun

cabby - someone who drives a taxi for a living

cabdriver, cabman, hack driver, hack-driver, livery driver, taxidriver, taximan

driver - the operator of a motor vehicle

Translations

tassista vetturino

cabby

n (inf, of taxi) → Taxifahrer(in) m(f); (of horsedrawn vehicle) → Kutscher(in) m(f)

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cabby

[ˈkæbɪ] n (fam) → tassista m/f

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