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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Now, you send Tim, the hackman, up after me this afternoon.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
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
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
Tim, the hackman, was a true weather prophet.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
The hackman waiting for his fare consumes his leisure time perusing the paper.
From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by A. F. Warburton
Landlord Hackman Capital Partners acquired the property from Northrup Grumman nearly a decade ago and spent more than $100 million upgrading it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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
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
His only challenger was Sokoloff, a senior vice president for asset management at Hackman Capital Partners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
This is quite worth reading for its own sake, but much more so for its 49th letter, which purports to have been written by Hackman to satisfy Miss Reay's curiosity about Chatterton.
From The Rowley Poems by Thomas Chatterton
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
When they had reached the hotel, and got out, the little fellow was in the midst of the hackmen; they all had courage enough now, and cried out:— "Long live the Baron! hurra! again hurra!"
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
Coach, sir?” cried innumerable hackmen, gathering about them.
From Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love by Laura Jean Libbey
The loquacious hackmen fell back as if by magic.
From Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love by Laura Jean Libbey
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