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单词 hackman
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hackmann.

Brit. /ˈhakmən/, U.S. /ˈhækmən/
Inflections: Plural hackmen.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hack n.2, man n.1
Etymology: < hack n.2 + man n.1
1. Apparently: a person who keeps hackney horses for hire and transporting goods. Cf. hackney man n. Obsolete.In quot. with apparent mark of suspension, but the presence of a similar mark after husbandmen suggests this is merely an otiose flourish.
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).
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