helicab
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]helicab (plural helicabs)
- (science fiction) A helicopter used as a taxicab.
- 1999, Phyllis Gotlieb, Violent Stars, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 182:
- She'd insisted on creeping out of a back exit and we took three different helicabs.
References
[edit]- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “helicab, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.