Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated A
man whohires outhorses andcarriages .
Etymologies
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hackney + -man
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Examples
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Mrs. Pringle had been told that, in such disputes, the best way of getting redress was to take the number of the coach; but, in trying to do so, we found it fastened on, and I thought the hackneyman would have gone by himself with laughter.
The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family John Galt 1809
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