cabman
(ˈkæbmən)
[f. cab n.3]
A man whose occupation is to drive a public cab.
| 1834 C. Mathews Let. 22 May in Mrs. Mathews Mem. C.M. (1839) IV. xiii. 284 This city of horrors—this collection of ruffianly Cab-men, and Buss-es. 1837 [see five n. 3 b]. 1850 Mrs. Browning Poems II. 191 The cabman's cry to get out of the way. 1860 Vacat. Tour. 59 Half a dozen cabmen shouting in my ears. Ibid. 137 They know them as well as a London cabman does the streets. |