helicab

noun

helicab

noun

Etymology From heli- + cab under the influence of helicopter. Compare earlier aerocab and aeroplane, aircab and airplane, etc.

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Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction A helicopter used as a taxicab.

  • She'd insisted on creeping out of a back exit and we took three different helicabs.1999, Phyllis Gotlieb, Violent Stars, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 182:

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