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
Mr. Hader told the cabman all about his ticket on Commander III.
From Time Magazine Archive
The son of a Russian cabman, he is said to have been active in plotting against the Tsar.
From Time Magazine Archive
When it was off, he looked younger and nicer and more like a countryman and less like a London cabman.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
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
A two-year battle with the police department forced the opening of "star chamber" hearings of drivers, stamped out police practices by which cabmen had paid $1,000,000 a year petty graft.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the desperate regular cabmen swooped down on another minicab, again in Belgrave Square.
From Time Magazine Archive
Outside there was a street in the rain, the stones were deep with yellow reflections, and some cabmen stood about in shiny capes.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
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