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hackie

hackie noun: a taxicab driver.

Noun

hackie (plural hackies)

  1. (US, informal) A taxicab driver.
    • There was a taxi stand there and I yanked open the door. ‘He goes first,’ the hackie said, jerking a thumb at the cab ahead.1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 9
    • […]a taxi came along and I flagged it and we got in. I told the driver, "Nine-eighteen West Thirty-fifth," and he started.[…] The poor girl didn't know what to do.[…] If she kicked and screamed I would merely give the hackie another address.1955, Rex Stout, “Die Like a Dog”, in Three Witnesses, Bantam Books, published 1994, →ISBN, page 163

Forms of hackie

pluralhackies

Origin of hackie

From hack (“taxicab”) + -ie.

Questions about hackie

What does hackie mean?
Hackie means a taxicab driver.
What part of speech is hackie?
Hackie is a noun.
What is the plural of hackie?
The plural of hackie is hackies.

Words near hackie in the dictionary

  1. hackeysacks
  2. hackfest
  3. hackfests
  4. hackfolk
  5. Hackgate
  6. hackie
  7. hackier
  8. hackies
  9. hackiest
  10. hackily
  11. hackiness

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