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CABBED
Verb
cabbed
simple past tense and past participle of cab
Source: Wiktionary
CAB
Cab, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.]
1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. "A cab came clattering up." Thackeray.
Note: A cab may have two seats at right to the driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or front. Hansom cab. See Hansom.
2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station. Knight.
Cab, n. Etym: [Heb. gab, fr. qabab to hollow.]
Definition: A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. W. H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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