Definition of "hackney-coachman" [hackney-coachman]

• A man who drives a hackney-coach. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The prefecture knew less about the matter than did the hackney-coachman."
• "Thrifty, who is good, wise, just, and owes no man a penny, turns from a beggar, haggles with a hackney-coachman, or denies a poor relation, and I doubt which is the most selfish of the two."
• "The very valet was ashamed of mentioning the address to the hackney-coachman before the hotel waiters, and promised to instruct him when they got further on."