But the young Hackmen terrified her with their hard, bold eyes and cruel, tobacco-stained mouths.
"Rose of Dutcher's Coolly"
Hamlin Garland
In New York there are no elderly Hackmen; but in Boston they abound, and I cannot believe they would be capable of bad faith with travellers.
"Short Stories and Essays From "Literature and Life""
William Dean Howells
Onlike ev'ry other large city I was ever in, the most of the Hackmen don't seem to hav' bin speshully intended by natur for the Burglery perfession, and it's about the only large city I know of where you don't enjoy a brilliant opportunity of bein swindled in sum way, from the Risin of the sun to the goin down thereof.
"The Complete Works of Artemus Ward, Part 1"
Charles Farrar Browne