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hackman

[hak-muh n, -man]
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noun, plural hack·men [hak-muh n, -men] /ˈhæk mən, -ˌmɛn/.
  1. the driver of a hack or taxi.
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Origin of hackman

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; hack2 + man1
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Examples from the Web for hackman

Historical Examples

  • He bids the hackman rein up when he gets to the corner, and wait for him.

    A War-Time Wooing

    Charles King

  • Selena pulled her tall-grass French on a Hackman, but there was nothing doing.

    Ade's Fables

    George Ade

  • Then I showed him the note signed with his name, which the hackman had brought for Kate.

    Seek and Find

    Oliver Optic

  • On our arrival at the hotel, we found the hackman there who had driven us out to Harlem.

    Seek and Find

    Oliver Optic

  • In the harbor of Piræus the hackman will ask the traveler: "Do you want my amaxa?"

    Homer's Odyssey

    Denton J. Snider

British Dictionary definitions for hackman

Hackman

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