taxi uncle

Etymology
From 🇰🇲; a respectful form of address to an older man.

Noun

 * 1)  A male taxi driver in Singapore.
 * 2) * 2000, May 15, soc.culture.singapore, Taxi driver, in Google Groups
 * pretty interesting to yak with these taxi uncles...sometimes they can also give you tips on where and when the traffic police ambush with their speed detectors
 * 1) * 2003, May 13, soc.culture.singapore, Do you want to drive a Taxi ?, in Google Groups
 * I think you better get feedback from the taxi uncles....they complain the company sometime delay payment, refuse those with illegible/corrected amount even though coutersigned....etc
 * 1) * 2008, Politikus, Taxi fare hike, drastic drop in demand., in Google Groups
 * I talked with a taxi uncle who has been driving a cab since 1982.
 * 1) * 2009 July 21, Ru Freeman, in A Disobedient Girl: A Novel, page 254
 * “Then I will call the taxi uncle to take us back to the hospital,” she says and starts to walk down the road. I grab her hand and bring her back to face me. “Shh! Don't make a noise,” I whisper to her. “I don't have money for the taxi uncle. I have to ...
 * 1) * 2016  March 11, Kenneth Lim, "Freedom, flexible hours drive younger Singaporeans to taxi industry", in Today Online (Singapore)
 * He is experienced and knows the best spots to pick up passengers, as well as the unspoken rules for managing difficult customers, but Mr Dai is not what you’d call a “taxi uncle”.
 * 1) * 2016  March 11, Kenneth Lim, "Freedom, flexible hours drive younger Singaporeans to taxi industry", in Today Online (Singapore)
 * He is experienced and knows the best spots to pick up passengers, as well as the unspoken rules for managing difficult customers, but Mr Dai is not what you’d call a “taxi uncle”.
 * 1) * 2016  March 11, Kenneth Lim, "Freedom, flexible hours drive younger Singaporeans to taxi industry", in Today Online (Singapore)
 * He is experienced and knows the best spots to pick up passengers, as well as the unspoken rules for managing difficult customers, but Mr Dai is not what you’d call a “taxi uncle”.