JixiJixien.
/ˈdʒɪksi/ temporary.
A two-seater taxi-cab licensed in 1926 while Sir William Joynson-Hicks (1865–1932) was Home Secretary.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > taxi > types of taxi
hackney cab1832
black taxi1911
Jixi1926
shared taxi1937
share-taxi1943
sherut1950
dolmus1957
taxi1958
gypsy cab1960
minicab1960
Gypsy1968
okada1993
boda boda1995
1926 Westm. Gaz. 7 Apr. Jixi is the name given by the Westminster Gazette, and now used by everyone, to 2-seater taxicabs.
1926 Punch 21 Apr. 438/2 The Home Secretary explained to Sir F. Meyer that the police have licensed two types of ‘Jixi’.
1926 Sunday at Home 5 June 514/2 I know there are to be Jixes [sic], but that rather sounds like the name of a wasp to me.
1927 Observer 3 Apr. 9 The first ‘Jixie’ or two-seater taxicab will probably be seen on the streets of London at the end of the present week.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
<
n.1926