hackman

See also: Hackman

English

Etymology

From hack +‎ -man.

Noun

hackman (plural hackmen)

1. The driver of a hack (a carriage, cab, or taxi).
   • 1869, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), The Innocents Abroad, Part 3 of 6‎^[1]:

     But he makes all his calculations with the nicest precision, and goes darting in and out among a Broadway confusion of busy craft with the easy confidence of the educated hackman.

   • 1870, Various, Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870‎^[2]:

     He did not engage the services of any hackman or professional guide.

   • 1898, Henry Francis Keenan, The Iron Game‎^[3]:

     The hackman had taken him to the house where Jones was lying.