colloq. [f. CAB sb.3 + -Y4.] A cab-driver.
1859. W. Thornbury, in All Y. Round, No. 34. 176–7. Call the cabby up for my trunk and hat-box.
1881. Times, 19 Jan., 10/2. Such ‘cabbies’ as were about, after setting down a fare, turned a deaf ear to any one who hailed them.
