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shad cab

shad cab noun: shadow Cabinet.

Noun (1)

shad cab (countable and uncountable, plural shad cabs)

  1. (uncountable) Shadow Cabinet.
    • Dave is in totally secret location in Corfu. Only Jed and an agency snapper know the details. This is part of brilliant ‘deflection’ strategy. If anything goes wrong, e.g., shad. cab. split on Middle East erupts, we roll out pics of Dave in O’Neill surf shorts2006 August 12, Tamzin Lightwater, “Diary of a Notting Hill Nobody - 11 August 2006”, in The Spectator, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2026
    • Could this in any way be to compensate for the loss of John Healey, who was not only one of the most popular shad-cab members but also a key ally of Ed Balls?2011 October 7, Jim Pickard, “Miliband reshuffle a strange mix of boldness and caution”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2019

Noun (2) capitalized: Shad Cab

Shad Cab (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of shad cab.

Forms of shad cab

pluralshad cabs
alternative formShad Cab
alternative formShadCab

Origin of shad cab

Shortened form of Shadow Cabinet.

Questions about shad cab

What does shad cab mean?
Shad cab means shadow Cabinet.
What part of speech is shad cab?
Shad cab is a noun.
What is the plural of shad cab?
The plural of shad cab is shad cabs.

Words near shad cab in the dictionary

  1. shacks up
  2. shacktown
  3. shacktowns
  4. shacky
  5. shad
  6. shad cab
  7. shad frog
  8. shad frogs
  9. shad-bellied
  10. shad-spirit
  11. shad-spirits

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