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
Mr. Hader told the cabman all about his ticket on Commander III.
From Time Magazine Archive
We got into the cab, and the cabman put the bags up on the seat beside him and climbed up and cracked his whip, and we drove over the dark bridge and into the town.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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
Cabstands were located at hotels, and cabmen paid hotel-operators large concessions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the desperate regular cabmen swooped down on another minicab, again in Belgrave Square.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I wonder if it ’ud be Bill?” said one of the cabmen.
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by Compton MacKenzie
