英语词汇take a cab的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	take a cab
词源	take a cab. U.S. mob slang for to be killed. Comedian Alan King on the Arts & Entertainment channel’s “Las Vegas” pro- gram (December 1996) said he was told of Bugsy Siegel’s killing this way: “Bugsy took a cab.”
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