Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A minicar used as a taxicab, especially in England.
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- noun UK, originally A small
car used as ataxi (rather than a traditionalblack cab ) - noun UK An
unlicensed taxi
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a minicar used as a taxicab
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Examples
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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).
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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).
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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).
Miscellaneous 2009
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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).
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'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 George, Elizabeth 2005
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That was the eyebrow-raising sum claimed by the Dutch-born Huggers for a "minicab" on 12
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That was the eyebrow-raising sum claimed by the Dutch-born Huggers for a "minicab" on 12
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The suggestion was that officers could have come under fire from a minicab carrying Duggan.
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Duggan was the passenger in a minicab, on his way to see his girlfriend.
Tottenham riot: 'very volatile' situation contained, for now | Analysis 2011
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Seconds later there was a smash as the minicab office around the corner was broken into.
Who are the rioters? Young men from poor areas ... but that's not the full story 2011
Prolagus commented on the word minicab
Song quotation on clientele.
November 29, 2008