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The hackman's costume consists of a rubber coat and cap, long boots, and light pants.
Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants James H. Head
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Americans are no novelty to them, for ship-loads of American tourists are put off here at frequent intervals, and the cabbies have a thin imitation of the voting hackman's independence.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 Various
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There we were in the crowded street, not knowing where to go or what to do, when I heard my old hackman's voice, Frank Eakin, for he had waited on me in that capacity for many years whenever a hack was needed.
How it was : four years among the Rebels, by Mrs. Irby Morgan 1892
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And he continually urged the professor to go abroad and see the city sights, or to walk in the garden and enjoy his pipe, or rest himself in his own room, or visit his daughter, the hackman's wife.
Self-Raised Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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He will take a carriage, and you will follow him with yours, getting up on the hackman's seat and keeping a lookout from there.
Crime d'Orcival. English ��mile Gaboriau 1852
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"If you must know," said the other, stopping short his walk, "I broke my knuckles on an Irish hackman's teeth.
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Various
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