cabstand

[ kab-stand ]

noun

1. a place where cabs cab may wait to be hired.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cabstand¹

First recorded in 1855–60; cab ¹ + stand

Example Sentences

Born in Brooklyn to an Irish father and an Italian mother, Hill's life with the mob began at age 11 when he wandered into a cabstand across the street in 1955 looking for work.

From Seattle Times

The gray houses hunched their shoulders, lowered their heads, drew their mansard hats and gabled caps over their noses and stood like rows of patient horses at a cabstand under the gray downpour.

From Project Gutenberg

When they came within view of a cabstand, he turned round, and said he would not trouble Owen to come any further with him.

From Project Gutenberg

Signor Bartlezzi himself ran hatless to the nearest cabstand, and in a few minutes the rattle of a vehicle was heard outside, and the Professor returned breathless.

From Project Gutenberg

The cabmen on the cabstand there, waiting for the members to come out of the House of Parliament, are greatly attached to the Abbey pigeons.

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