hackman
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“That horrid hackman wouldn’t give us a lift, although he was sitting at Tompkins’ store toasting his feet at a stove,” added Belle, angrily.
From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Joining forces with him, we no longer shivered before the hackman, nor shrank from the valet de place.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
He called the hackman, and Red Beak Jim approached the fence with a grin.
From Taking Chances by Clarence L. Cullen
“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
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
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
Every few yards we were assailed by hackmen and beggars, and by boatmen as soon as we reached the pier.
From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Albert Bigelow Paine
Coach, sir?” cried innumerable hackmen, gathering about them.
From Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love by Laura Jean Libbey
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
But the young hackmen terrified her with their hard, bold eyes and cruel, tobacco-stained mouths.
From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Hamlin Garland
