hackman
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Tim, the hackman, was a true weather prophet.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore
Should she fall, it was not likely that she would escape harm, as had Tim, the hackman.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore
Tim, the hackman, had an accident to his load before he was ready to start from the camp after dinner.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore
“Pitcher of George Washington!” yelled Tim, 204 the hackman.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore
Tim, the hackman, worked at logging in the winter months, too.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore
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 reader is not called upon to bemoan the tribulations of temperance-taverns, the hardships of indiscriminate railroad-carriages, nor the rapacity of New-York hackmen.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various
But mere grandeur of nature has no educating effect upon the soul of man; else, Switzerland would not have supplied Paris with footmen, and the hackmen of Niagara would spare the tourist.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 by Various
Beggars there are none, to the credit of the city be it said; nor is one importuned by hackmen or other public servants; all are ready to serve you, but none to annoy you.
From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Ballou, Maturin Murray
The constant fees, the solicitation of the hackmen, the impertinences of the store-keepers, have actually been so potent that it is a rare thing to find any of the best people here.
From The Niagara River by Hulbert, Archer Butler
