hackman
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This was the report Tim, the hackman, had brought in.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
“I say, young’un, ain’t ye out o’ yer bailiwick?” queried Tim, the hackman, staring at the little girl in the Stagg yard.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
Pavel hailed the first hackman he came across.
From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Abraham Cahan
Finally he was found in a secluded corner, and a good-natured hackman was persuaded to take him to the hospital in Flatbush, where he said he once lived.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various
When Tim, the hackman, went into town with his first load he was forewarned by Aunty Rose that he would have company going back.
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
There was a great crowd of hackmen on the platform, all clamorously shouting together to the passengers, offering their carriages and calling out the names of the several hotels.
From Stuyvesant A Franconia Story by Jacob Abbott
We passed Cornwall several times by boat, and saw enough of the energy of the hackmen to make us resolve to reach the place some time when they were absent.
From E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life by Mary A. Roe
There was a crowd of hackmen in waiting, all of whom appeared to Sam to be seeing which could talk fastest.
From The Young Outlaw or, Adrift in the Streets by Horatio Alger
