Stuart's Word Spot: Cab

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Cab: noun – originally, a Hackney carriage, which was a horse-drawn taxi. Now a modern taxi, or a shelter on a vehicle to house the driver and the controls.'When Robert de Nero called Jodie Foster a cab, to take her home, it was an appropriate gesture, since they were both starring in Taxi Driver at the time.''The hitch-hiker climbed out of the wet and into the cab, grateful the truck driver had stopped for him.'