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Old 17th January 2003 | 13:15
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Lu Zuckerman

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From: The home of Dudley Dooright-Where the lead dog is the only one that gets a change of scenery.
Question Does not show the derivation but it explains what it is.

Main Entry: 2taxi
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): tax·ied; taxi·ing or taxy·ing; tax·is or tax·ies
Date: 1916
intransitive senses
1 a of an aircraft : to go at low speed along the surface of the ground or water b : to operate an aircraft on the ground under its own power
2 : to ride in a taxicab
transitive senses
1 : to transport by or as if by taxi
2 : to cause (an aircraft) to taxi

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