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
Few minutes later the cabman burst in, cried that his dream had come true.
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
New York cabmen, particularly when in trouble, confide in scholarly, cultured, big-framed Editor Brown.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cabstands were located at hotels, and cabmen paid hotel-operators large concessions.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was at the bottom of the hill now; disregarding the hails of various cabmen, he crossed the road and made his way down through the squares.
From Dorothy's Double Volume I (of 3) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
