hackman
noun
the driver of a hack or taxi.
hackman
American
[hak-muhn, -man]
/ ˈhæk mən, -ˌmæn /
noun
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hackmen
plural
Hackman
British
/ ˈhækmən /
noun
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Origin of hackman
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This was the report Tim, the hackman, had brought in.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
Should she fall, it was not likely that she would escape harm, as had Tim, the hackman.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
Now, you send Tim, the hackman, up after me this afternoon.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
She must stipulate with the hackman that no stranger is to be put into the carriage with her.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie
The hackman was going now, and Aunt Valeria was taking the boy up-stairs to be washed.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins
A wide-ranging probe by the department’s internal watchdog is scrutinizing potential improprieties in the contracting process, including evidence of personal enrichment by top officials, report Tarini Parti, Josh Dawsey, Michelle Hackman and Summer Said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Last year the city approved Hackman Capital’s $1-billion plan to add 980,000 square feet of offices, sound stages, production facilities and retail space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Already in play is Manhattan Beach Studios, another Hackman Capital property encumbered by a $240-million loan from Deutsche Bank that the lender is in the process of selling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
A person familiar with the process but not authorized to speak about it publicly said Hackman Capital will be hard-pressed to pay its debt in light of challenges facing the industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Hackman was hanged at Tyburn, Boswell attending the funeral.
From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Clement King Shorter
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
Even the hackmen had forsaken her in pursuit of other, more promising patrons.
From Dorothy at Oak Knowe by Evelyn Raymond
The row of hackmen and hotel porters stand there, in gloomy silent defiance of the rapidly approaching end of things, each holding a sign bearing the name of some hotel.
From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Wallace Morgan
Arrived in Harrisburg, Bert found himself besieged by hackmen, representing different hotels.
From Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret by Horatio Alger
You ought to have seen the hackmen laugh!
From Gypsy's Cousin Joy by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
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