| 单词 | cab runner |
| 释义 | > as lemmascab runner cab runner n. now historical a person (usually a boy or young man) who hails horse-drawn cabs for passengers, assists with luggage, etc., in return for tips; cf. cab tout n. (a). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > cab-tout or -runner cab tout1869 cab runner1883 1883 Standard 15 May 2/7 Two young men—John Ferriss and Thomas Edmunds, the former described as a cab-runner, and the latter as a porter. 1904 K. Tynan Luck of Fairfaxes iii. 44 A miserable outcast of a cab-runner, exhausted from following the cab, had seized on the luggage and was carrying it into the house despite Mary-Anne's remonstrances. 2013 P. Andersson Streetlife in Late Victorian London vi. 177 The nuisance of the cab runner's behaviour rests on two things—his insolence and his obtrusiveness. < as lemmas |
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