'cabman' is a correct and usable word in written English
It is a noun that refers to a man who drives a cab. Example: The cabman refused to take on more passengers as the car was already full.
Who do you think you are?" Overhearing this, my poor cabman cringed even lower behind the steering wheel at the forcefulness of my voice and manner.
doormen hailed by name the driver of an ancient Parmelee parked a short distance up the street, & then watched as the cabman rolled by, making for the next doorway.
'I'll get you there faster, missie!' shouts a cabman from one of the hotel stands, his raucous tone making clear he's seen through her fancy clothes.
The house manager of the club came out on a balcony to see the boys off and was shouted at by a taxidriver at the curb: "Hey," yelled the cabman, "always before when we won, we got red flares I What's a matta we ain't got no red flares this Year?" View Article By Anthony Lane By Rebecca Mead By John Cassidy By Jia Tolentino.
He was a delivery man before his present job; a cabman 40 years ago.
Then the cabman pointed at a large building and said, "Gentlemen, Tombs!" He drove them around the Tombs, and then took them up to Times Square, in silence.
We overheard the cabman say, "My pleasure".
London's cabmen tied black ribbons to their whips when Irving died in 1905.
How did Penelope Fitzgerald know, in The Beginning of Spring, not only that Moscow cabmen in the early 20th century went to the station the long way round so they could charge more (you could find that out), but also what kind of conversation you might have with the sledge driver?
'You can 'ave a ride on me 'orse, too!' he whoops after her as she ignores him, and other cabmen on the rank guffaw with mirth, and even their horses snort.
It all reminded one of Beachcomber's List of Huntingdonshire Cabmen.
