Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Cabin

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Cabin: noun - room or compartment in a ship, boat, spacecraft, lorry etc., for passengers, crew or cargo; berth in a ship; temporary shelter, a booth; a poor dwelling, small room, cell; natural cave or grotto, animal's den; litter for carrying someone; political cabinet – a collection of government appointees.

‘The lorry driver invited the lady of the night into his cabin but she declined, preferring the roomier accommodation available in the following Rolls.’

‘Jason was bragging to the attractive woman on the cruise that he was occupying an outside cabin, but this proved ineffective as a means of impressing her as she was housed in luxury suite, complete with a baby grand.’ 

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Stuart's Word Spot: Cab

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Cab: noun – originally, a Hackney carriage, which was a horse-drawn taxi. Now a modern taxi, or a shelter on a vehicle to house the driver and the controls.

'When Robert de Nero called Jodie Foster a cab, to take her home, it was an appropriate gesture, since they were both starring in Taxi Driver at the time.'

'The hitch-hiker climbed out of the wet and into the cab, grateful the truck driver had stopped for him.'