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Hackie vs Backie - What's the difference?

hackie | backie |

As nouns the difference between hackie and backie

is that hackie is (us) a taxicab driver while backie is a ride on the back of a bicycle or motorbike.

hackie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A taxicab driver.
  • *1953 , (Raymond Chandler), The Long Goodbye , Penguin 2010, p. 9:
  • *: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.
  • *1955 , (Rex Stout), "Die Like a Dog", , Bantam Books 1994 (ISBN 0553249592), p. 163:
  • *: If she kicked and screamed I would merely give the hackie another address.

    • backie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ride on the back of a bicycle or motorbike.

    • References

    * Google Books: [https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbs=bks%3A1&tbo=1&q=%22a+backie%22+bike&btnG=Search+Books&gws_rd=ssl]