hackman

Example Sentences

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She retired weeping, and cried herself to sleep, and was awakened early the next morning by her hackman, to take her to the train, which was almost ready to start.

From Octavia The Octoroon by Lee, J. F.

But that cranky old hackman gave me a cue: I’ll use the car out here for the people who wish to travel back and forth, or take a drive to certain places.

From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

Julian and the hackman went upstairs, and when the boys came down again they each wore a traveling-coat and had a small valise in their hands.

From The Haunted Mine by Castlemon, Harry

Pavel hailed the first hackman he came across.

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham

While his grandmother was paying the hackman, the child discovered that the seats of these chairs lifted up in a miraculous manner.

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth