The driver of a hackney coach.
| 单词 | θ200244 |
| 释义 | society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [noun] > driving or hiring of cabs > driver of hired cab > of hackney-coach or cab (9) hackney coachman1623 The driver of a hackney coach. hack1662 A driver of a hackney carriage. Now historical (chiefly U.S. in later use). hack driver1709 hackman1796 North American. Originally: a driver of a horse-drawn hackney carriage (now historical). In later use: a taxi driver (now rare). jarvey1820 A hackney-coachman. Now frequently applied to the driver of an Irish car. cab1850 Used as a form of address to a person driving a horse-drawn cab. Cf. cabbie, n.3 Obsolete. rare. Subcategories:— unlicensed (1) — who owns a small number of cabs (2) |
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