Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A minicar used as a taxicab, especially in England.
Wiktionary
- n. A small car used as a taxi (rather than a traditional black cab)
- n. An unlicensed taxi
WordNet 3.0
- n. a minicar used as a taxicab
Examples
“In its absurdity, ithints that there is a difference between calling a minicab to come immediately (booking it) and calling it to come later (pre-booking it).”
“It explains why we've got someone buying that van in Middlesex while someone else waits for him in a "minicab" just outside Muwaffaq Masoud's house.”
With No One as Witness
“That was the eyebrow-raising sum claimed by the Dutch-born Huggers for a "minicab" on 12”
“The suggestion was that officers could have come under fire from a minicab carrying Duggan.”
The Guardian: Doubts emerge over Duggan shooting as London burns
“Duggan was the passenger in a minicab, on his way to see his girlfriend.”
The Guardian: Tottenham riot: 'very volatile' situation contained, for now | Analysis
“Seconds later there was a smash as the minicab office around the corner was broken into.”
The Guardian: Who are the rioters? Young men from poor areas ... but that's not the full story
“Father ran Bercow Motors and worked as a minicab driver.”
“Probably that time when my dad took me to the minicab office, innit.”
The Guardian: Top boy: stories of Hackney's young drug dealers
“The Sunday Times said it had been told by three sources that the gun was inside a shoebox in the minicab in which Duggan was traveling.”
The Guardian: Adviser quits Duggan inquiry with attack on 'shoddy investigation'
“The subjects are suitably diverse: there is HR worker Jamie, who is desperate to get it right, reads prodigiously and then worries about what he has read; Viktor, a minicab driver who has decided to settle down after a career of womanising; and Greg, a millionaire trader on to his second wife and child.”
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