taxi uncle
/ˈtɛk.si ˌʌŋ.kə/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A male taxi driver in Singapore.
Example Sentences
- "2000, May 15, soc.culture.singapore, Taxi driver, in Google Groups pretty interesting to yak with these taxi uncles...sometimes they can also give you tips on where and when the traffic police ambush with their speed detectors"
- "2003, May 13, soc.culture.singapore, Do you want to drive a Taxi ?, in Google Groups I think you better get feedback from the taxi uncles....they complain the company sometime delay payment, refuse those with illegible/corrected amount even though coutersigned....etc"
- "2008, Politikus, Taxi fare hike, drastic drop in demand., in Google Groups I talked with a taxi uncle who has been driving a cab since 1982."
- "“Taxi Uncle,” said Valli, coming to her senses, “can't you take another route?”"
- "“Then I will call the taxi uncle to take us back to the hospital,” she says and starts to walk down the road. I grab her hand and bring her back to face me. “Shh! Don't make a noise,” I whisper to her. “I don't have money for the taxi uncle. I have to ..."
- "Would a taxi uncle know the exact location if I tell him Sungei Buluh R&R?"