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
The son of a Russian cabman, he is said to have been active in plotting against the Tsar.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every morning for a long time the same cabman had taxied Julius Hader, 42, from his home on Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn to his restaurant on Pitkin Avenue.
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
Last week the desperate regular cabmen swooped down on another minicab, again in Belgrave Square.
From Time Magazine Archive
The paper has provided free counsel for cabmen, maintains gratis a "bureau of fair play" to collect fares for trusting drivers who fall victim to ruses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Practically speaking, the new law ordering cabmen to display a flag, on which is painted their tariff per mile and per hour, is a dead letter.
From Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood by Anonymous
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