hackman
noun
the driver of a hack or taxi.
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hackman
American
[hak-muhn, -man]
/ ˈhæk mən, -ˌmæn /
noun
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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 Ruth Belmore Endicott
“That horrid hackman wouldn’t give us a lift, although he was sitting at Tompkins’ store toasting his feet at a stove,” added Belle, angrily.
From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
When Tim, the hackman, went into town with his first load he was forewarned by Aunty Rose that he would have company going back.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
While his grandmother was paying the hackman, the child discovered that the seats of these chairs lifted up in a miraculous manner.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins
The story lost nothing in the telling when Tim, the hackman, and Carolyn May both related it at the Stagg homestead.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
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
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
Hackman Capital is still trying to renegotiate its debt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 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
The officious Hackman, who stood aside at every door according to the rigid rules of French courtesy, showed them the kitchens, the offices, in fact everything, sparing no detail.
From Garrick's Pupil by Auguston Filon
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
There was a crowd of hackmen in waiting, all of whom appeared to Sam to be seeing which could talk fastest.
From The Young Outlaw or, Adrift in the Streets 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
“Unskilled” includes draymen, hackmen, and teamsters, farm laborers, farmers, fishermen, laborers, and servants.
From Races and Immigrants in America by John R. (John Rogers) Commons
This is one of the simplest principles in homely every-day criticism, serving truth-seekers, wherever wordy war rages, whether among statesmen or hackmen.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 by Various
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