cabman

Example Sentences

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Two green cabmen's shelters in London have been given Grade II listed status by Historic England.

From BBC

Anton Chekhov wrote an entire short story called Toska about a cabman who recently lost his son and searches for someone to talk to about his grief.

From The Guardian

In the 19th century, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “The one thing the English value is pluck. The cabmen have it; the merchants have it; the journals have it.”

From The Guardian

These tourists, the story goes, inundated the city with complaints about the ineptitude of its cabmen, prompting authorities to institute a more demanding licensing process.

From New York Times

Presently a burly cabman appeared in the entrance of the shelter and was greeted with shouts of merriment.

From Project Gutenberg