hackman
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Tim, the hackman, had brought the nurse home for a few hours and would take her back to Judy’s cabin.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore
Tim, the hackman, was a true weather prophet.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore
Tim, the hackman, says it is bound to snow soon, and the frost has burned ’most all the grass.”
From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore
Julian and the hackman went upstairs, and when the boys came down again they each wore a traveling-coat and had a small valise in their hands.
From The Haunted Mine by Castlemon, Harry
She retired weeping, and cried herself to sleep, and was awakened early the next morning by her hackman, to take her to the train, which was almost ready to start.
From Octavia The Octoroon by Lee, J. F.
The cries of "hackmen, photographers and vendors of gimcracks," wrote a horrified Henry James, "at times drown out the thunder of the cataract."
From Time Magazine Archive
The remainder of the hackmen quickly pulled off their hats, determined that no one should have the advantage.
From The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist by Bell, Robert E.
They were the domestic servants, the laborers, the hackmen.
From Children of the Market Place by Masters, Edgar Lee
The outraged wives of the hackmen assembled, and, to express their indignation at the tax, mobbed the offending members of Parliament on their way from the House.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various
"I guess that's about right," said Sam, agreeably surprised with the smallness of the charge in comparison with the extortionate demands of New York hackmen.
From Sam's Chance And How He Improved It by Alger, Horatio
