hackmen

The New York hackmen are licensed plunderers, against whose extortions there is neither remedy nor appeal.

The Englishwoman in America 2007

The Panamanian–any Panamanian, regardless of position or social status–was a “Spiggotty” or “Spig,” terms supposedly derived in earlier years from the erroneous claim of Panama City hackmen that they could “speaks-da-English.”

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

The Panamanian–any Panamanian, regardless of position or social status–was a “Spiggotty” or “Spig,” terms supposedly derived in earlier years from the erroneous claim of Panama City hackmen that they could “speaks-da-English.”

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

Island, you are met, not by hackmen, but by glass-bottom boatmen:

The California Birthday Book Various

These cabbies have more nearly the air of our own noble hackmen than any we have seen in England.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 Various

The hackmen would rather drive your dead body around town for nothing than let you enjoy the luxury of walking about unmolested.

Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Various

The outraged wives of the hackmen assembled, and, to express their indignation at the tax, mobbed the offending members of Parliament on their way from the House.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 Various

This is one of the simplest principles in homely every-day criticism, serving truth-seekers, wherever wordy war rages, whether among statesmen or hackmen.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various

Before a funeral at the home, it is necessary for some member of the family to receive the relatives from the distance, and the very intimate friends, and see that they are given necessary refreshment, and their return to trains, if they must leave immediately after the funeral, thoroughly understood by the hackmen.

The Etiquette of To-day Edith B. Ordway

The New York hackmen, for instance, are very obliging and attentive; but if it would not seem ungrateful, I would hazard the statement that their attentions are unremitting to the degree of being almost embarrassing, and proffered to the verge of obtrusiveness.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 Various