cabman
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One of the two getaway drivers was the cabman James Fitzharris, known as Skin-the-Goat, whom readers of “Ulysses” will recognize.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
Anton Chekhov wrote an entire short story called Toska about a cabman who recently lost his son and searches for someone to talk to about his grief.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2018
The son of a Russian cabman, he is said to have been active in plotting against the Tsar.
From Time Magazine Archive
Few minutes later the cabman burst in, cried that his dream had come true.
From Time Magazine Archive
We got into the cab, and the cabman put the bags up on the seat beside him and climbed up and cracked his whip, and we drove over the dark bridge and into the town.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
In the 19th century, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “The one thing the English value is pluck. The cabmen have it; the merchants have it; the journals have it.”
From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2017
These tourists, the story goes, inundated the city with complaints about the ineptitude of its cabmen, prompting authorities to institute a more demanding licensing process.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2014
It also aspires to be a "friendly, happy" paper, and for a time gave cabmen the syndicated gladness of the late Dr. Frank Crane.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the desperate regular cabmen swooped down on another minicab, again in Belgrave Square.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a general rule, cabmen charge 2s. per hour for four-wheeled cabs, and 2s. 6d. for “Hansom;” and by distance, 1s. for the first mile, and 6d. for the second, and so on.
From Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood by Anonymous
