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hackman

[hak-muhn, -man] / ˈhæk mən, -ˌmæn /


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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 Ruth Belmore Endicott

After awhile the hackman who had driven the second suspicious man returned to his stand.

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Abraham Cahan

Finally he was found in a secluded corner, and a good-natured hackman was persuaded to take him to the hospital in Flatbush, where he said he once lived.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various

While his grandmother was paying the hackman, the child discovered that the seats of these chairs lifted up in a miraculous manner.

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins

Should she fall, it was not likely that she would escape harm, as had Tim, the hackman.

From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott

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

“Unskilled” includes draymen, hackmen, and teamsters, farm laborers, farmers, fishermen, laborers, and servants.

From Races and Immigrants in America by John R. (John Rogers) Commons

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 Maturin Murray Ballou

They were the domestic servants, the laborers, the hackmen.

From Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters

The lady remarks, however, that Paris servants can usually read very well, and that hackmen, water-carriers, and porters may frequently be seen reading a classical author while waiting for a customer.

From Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money by James Parton




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