hackman
noun
the driver of a hack or taxi.
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hackman
American
[hak-muhn, -man]
/ ˈhæk mən, -ˌmæn /
noun
hackmen
plural
Hackman
British
/ ˈhækmən /
noun
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Tim, the hackman, says it is bound to snow soon, and the frost has burned ’most all the grass.”
From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore
Tim, the hackman, had brought the nurse home for a few hours and would take her back to Judy’s cabin.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore
Joining forces with him, we no longer shivered before the hackman, nor shrank from the valet de place.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward
“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 Endicott, Ruth Belmore
“Most of them is,” the hackman said sententiously.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore
“The studio market is evolving, and the financing environment for studio assets remains complex,” Chief Executive Michael Hackman said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Hackman defaulted on a $1.1-billion mortgage in January and investment bank Goldman Sachs took over the property, which is now escrow for a sale to Netflix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Memorable cinematic roles have included a corrupt police officer in the Harrison Ford thriller "Witness" and a comedy turn in Wes Anderson's eccentric "The Royal Tenenbaums," opposite Gene Hackman.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Among Hackman properties is Culver Steps, a popular office and retail complex where Erewhon is an anchor tenant and attraction for visitors who linger in the center’s outdoor spaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
Hackman was but four-and-twenty, and rather a striking figure.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various
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
These cabbies have more nearly the air of our own noble hackmen than any we have seen in England.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 by Various
Arrived in Harrisburg, Bert found himself besieged by hackmen, representing different hotels.
From Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret by Alger, Horatio
The pier reminded me of Boston or New York, but it lacked the huge warehouses and cheerful hackmen to render the similarity complete.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace
"For," said I, "if you offered that obsolete fraction of a dollar to the turbulent hackmen of our cities, you would meet with offensive demonstrations of contempt."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various
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