hackman
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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 Harry Castlemon
“When we got out of the carriage the hackman took off his hat and said: ‘If the carriage were mine, you shouldn’t pay a cent.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 by Various
“Pitcher of George Washington!” murmured Tim, the hackman, staring at her wide-eyed.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
The hackman pulled the horses up alongside the step in front of the first roadhouse.
From Taking Chances by Clarence L. Cullen
She must stipulate with the hackman that no stranger is to be put into the carriage with her.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie
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
She never forgot the hackmen in severe weather.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Maud Howe Elliott
"For," said I, "if you offered that obsolete fraction of a dollar to the turbulent hackmen of our cities, you would meet with offensive demonstrations of contempt."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various
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
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 Robert E. Bell
