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hackman

[ hak-muhn, -man ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural hack·men [hak, -m, uh, n, -men].

Hackman

/ ˈhækmən /

HackmanGene1930MUSFILMS AND TV: actor Gene. born 1930, US film actor; his films include The French Connection (1971), Mississippi Burning (1988), Absolute Power (1997), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Origin of hackman¹

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; hack ² + man

It got it all out there… Gene Hackman and Douglas… Melvyn Douglas is amazing.

It was remade in 1987 with Gene Hackman and it was called No Way Out.

Ladd asked for Gene Hackman and Mengers, who represented the actor at the time, extracted blood.

Retired from acting, Gene Hackman has scripted a second act for himself as a novelist.

The guys I love are Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, Billy Crudup, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Make an engagement with the hackman, to take you only in his hack, and enquire his charge before starting.

The hackman was struggling up-stairs with the trunk, Mrs. Gano bidding him have a care of the paper and the balustrade.

Now every friendly hackman at the station seemed a part of the great day to Aunt Crete.

The hackman was already gathering up my traps, and I gave him my trunk-checks.

As we entered the hotel, I saw a certain hackman start and lean forward to look after him.

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