Definition of "minicab" [minicab]

• A minicar used as a taxicab, especially in England. (noun)

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• "In its absurdity, ithints that there is a difference between calling a minicab to come immediately (booking it) and calling it to come later (pre-booking it)."
• "'It explains why we've got someone buying that van in Middlesex while someone else waits for him in a "minicab" just outside Muwaffaq Masoud's house.'"
• "That was the eyebrow-raising sum claimed by the Dutch-born Huggers for a "minicab" on 12"