cabby

Though he is considering reacquiring his medallion through a relief program the city created last year, he is not sure whether he will earn enough as a cabby to cover the cost.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

After moving to DeKalb, Ill., west of Chicago, to be closer to his brother, he worked as a cabby and as an Uber driver.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

Mr. Simon, 61, a former cabby and parking-lot manager who immigrated from Haiti at 13 and started showing symptoms of schizophrenia in his 30s, will probably spend the rest of his life locked away.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2022

A carriage cabby sells cadavers to a medical-school doctor in 19th-century Edinburgh.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2020

The cabby makes a few other attempts to get a conversation going, but Alicia just nods or murmurs a little, so the guy gives up and punches up a country station on the radio.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

London’s cabbies were fierce opponents of Uber after it launched in London in 2012, blocking streets and launching legal challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

A single campaign cannot school rude or misbehaving drivers overnight - there are about 46,000 cabbies in the city, cautions Ryan Wong, the chairman of the council.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2024

Transit workers like train engineers, bus drivers, cabbies, and rideshare workers get passengers to the airport, while parking attendants and shuttle drivers help millions of others navigate arrival.

From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2022

The show, about a group of New York City cabbies, most of whom wished they were working elsewhere, starred Judd Hirsch as a driver who seemed resigned to his fate.

From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

Many college graduates were forced to work as cabbies or waitresses after graduation, but they retained the confidence of a public identity.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez