gypsy cab

English

Noun

(colloquial, US, sometimes offensive) An unlicensed taxi, especially in the North East of the United States.

Usage notes

Because it derives from a racist stereotype of the Romani, and uses the problematic exonymic term Gypsy, this term may be offensive to the Romani. See usage note at gypsy.

Translations

unlicensed taxi

Russian: нелицензио́нное такси́ n (nelicenziónnoje taksí); (unlicensed taxi driver) ча́стник (ru) m (částnik), бомби́ла (ru) m (bombíla), (informal)
Swedish: svarttaxi (sv) c

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