English

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Etymology

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From cab +‎ woman.

Noun

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cabwoman (plural cabwomen)

  1. A female driver of a hackney cab or taxi.
    • 1914, E. V. Lucas, A Wanderer in Venice:
      The station being reached at last—for even in Italy journeys end—I rejected the offers of two cabmen, one cabwoman, and one bus driver, and walked.
    • 2014, Edith Pearlman, Honeydew:
      A stocky cabwoman removed a large wheeled suitcase.