first cab off the rank noun the first in a series AUSTRALIA,1966
— Arthur Chipper, TheAussieSwearer’sGuide, p. 32, 1972
— Jim Ramsay, CopItSweet!, p. 35, 1977
It was unanimously decided there and then that when I wrote “Publican Bastards I Have Met”, McLean had to be first cab off the rank. — Sam Weller, OldBastardsIHaveMet, p. 14, 1979