hackman
noun
the driver of a hack or taxi.
hackmen
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pluralof hackman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
"Cab! coupé?" bawled a line of hackmen standing near.
From From Farm to Fortune or Nat Nason's Strange Experience by Horatio Alger
The constant fees, the solicitation of the hackmen, the impertinences of the store-keepers, have actually been so potent that it is a rare thing to find any of the best people here.
From The Niagara River by Archer Butler Hulbert
And street-cars furnish still less room to spare, And hackmen several times have earned their fare.
From City Ballads by Will Carleton
They were the domestic servants, the laborers, the hackmen.
From Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters
