cochero

On the evening of our first day in Manilla, after returning from our drive, directed the "cochero" to take us to the theatre; he accordingly drove us to the Carillo quarter, and to the theatre of that name.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

Passing on into the _patio_, far enough to be beyond earshot of the "cochero," and there stopping, she resumed the dialogue at the point where she had left off.

The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Mayne Reid 1850

We had often to haul up to allow them to pass, and when our cochero received the order "_ander_" it was coupled with the caution "_despacho_" that he might drive carefully for fear of injuring some of them.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

"But if he _is_ a _cochero_, and we don't pay him, he'll think we're cheating him," wailed one of us.

A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel

Your cochero may groan at your horse or whine at it, but when the need arises he can draw upon that much of English.

A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mary Helen Fee

_Presto_, to the cochero, and _España_, to the sentries, and turned in.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

After the sixth performance of this kind, one being at a street crossing where some raw cocoa beans were drying on a _petate_ in the sun, and the three others at the different outposts, we decided among ourselves that we had best dismiss our _cochero_ and return to the ship, since it had taken us more than two hours to drive where we might have walked in thirty minutes.

A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel

Finding the fit strong upon him, made the cochero drive off the Prado directly, and take us to the "Circo Olympico" -- its opening night.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

"And if he isn't a _cochero_, and we do pay him, he'll be indignant," affirmed another.

A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel

"Fabrica del Tobago," in which being disappointed, made our cochero drive us through the suburbs.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay