单词 | hackman |
释义 | hackmann.ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun] > hirer out > of horses or carriages hackney man1307 hackman1571 vittorin1613 vetturino1617 coach-master1721 jobman1794 jobmaster1802 jobber1809 jobbing master1835 fly-proprietor1845 1571 Portmote in Faversham Borough Rec. (Kent Hist. & Libr. Centre FA/JBf14, membrane 4) [James Wyelye and Anthony Wyelye of Faversham].., husbandmen'.. [Edward Holte of Faversham].., hackeman'. 2. North American. Originally: a driver of a horse-drawn hackney carriage (now historical). In later use: a taxi driver (now rare). ΘΚΠ 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 hackney coachman1623 hack1662 hack driver1709 hackman1796 jarvey1820 cab1850 1796 Boston Directory 33 Culmer Daniel, hackman, Wing's Lane. 1819 N.Y. Gaz. in Massachusetts Spy 16 June 3/1 The horses were stopt by the hackmen on the stand. 1879 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 26 Dec. The..hackman..charged us a dollar and a half for what in England would have been an eighteenpenny drive. 1906 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Jan. 5/4 A hack case is being heard in the city police court, in which one of the local hackmen is being charged with overcharging. 1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential ii. xxii. 263 When hackmen don't know what's running, nothing is. 2006 J. Franch Robber Baron x. 104 The city then lay at the mercy of a gang of private hackmen who ‘squeezed big money’ out of innocent customers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1571 |
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