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   Cab , n. [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.]
   A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. “A cab came clattering up.”  
   Thackeray.
   
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   ☞ A cab may have two seats at right angles to the driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or front.
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   Hansom cab. See Hansom.
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   The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station.
   Knight.
   
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   Cab , n. [Heb. qab, fr. qābab to hollow.] A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints.
   W. H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.
   
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   taxicab , n. an automobile with a professional driver which can be hired to carry passengers; -- also called a taxi, and informally called a cab or a hack.  The driver of a taxicab is referred to as a cab driver or cabbie, and sometimes as a chauffeur or hackie. Taxicabs may be engaged by a prior appointment made, e.g. by telephone, or they may cruise for passengers, i.e. they may drive in city streets and stop to pick up pasengers when they are signalled by a prospective passenger.  The act of signalling a taxicab (usually by a wave of the arm) is often called to hail a cab or to flag down a cab.
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