Definitions
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- noun A taxicab driver.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. The driver of a taxicab; a hackman.
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- noun US A
taxicab driver .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They went out and got their cab, and when the hackie dropped them on Lansdowne Street, John tipped him a buck.
Blaze Bachman, Richard 2007
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It had been years, it seemed, since a New York hackie had opened a door for her.
Give Us Forever Peale, Constance F. 1982
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The hackie showed no sign of interest when we climbed into his cab and Wolfe told him where to go.
The Black Mountain Stout, Rex, 1886-1975 1954
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Also, he hadn't mentioned that he had no job and no prospects and that almost his last dollar had gone into paying the check at The Dancers for a bit of high class fluff that couldn't stick around long enough to make sure he didn't get tossed in the sneezer by some prowl car boys, or rolled by a tough hackie and dumped out in a vacant lot.
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\tab Waving a five-dollar bill in front of the railroad station got him a taxi, but the hackie insisted on picking up three more passengers going south after asking what direction Lazarus was going.
Time Enough For Love Heinlein, Robert A. 1973
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"Actually, sir," Muldoon told him, "I don't think any but an honest hackie is likely to be stoppin 'for you.
The Lunatic Fringe DeAndrea, William L. 1980
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The cab stopped with a jerk that justified Wolfe’s attitude toward machinery, and the hackie stuck his head out and objected.
The Black Mountain Stout, Rex, 1886-1975 1954
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He remembered a taxi driver who had refused to understand his request to be taken to the Continental Hotel until he had written the name down, after which the hackie had said, miming sudden comprehension: "Ah, ah!
A Case Of Conscience Blish, James 1953
mollusque commented on the word hackie
. . . almost his last dollar had gone into paying the check at The Dancers for a bit of high class fluff that couldn't stick around long enough to make sure he didn't get tossed in the sneezer by some prowl car boys, or rolled by a tough hackie and dumped out in a vacant lot.
Raymond Chandler, 1953, The Long Goodbye, chapter 1
September 5, 2009