1687 Spencer Redivivus iv. 66 To drive these Satan Coachman-like did ride, And his smart Whip to this slow Drift apply'd.

1736 tr. P. C. de C. de Marivaux Life Marianne II. 142 Why, how now! What means the busy Gossip? replied the other, Coachman-like.

1859 Lyttleton Times 23 Feb. With four horses and a van.., the driver sitting in front of his carriage coachman-like, with a load of six or more tons, six or seven miles an hour will be accomplished with ease in this level country.

1902 Middlesex County Rules 18 Jan. 5/6 The footman..was laid up, and..the coachman had to take his place. As he was going out of the door, coachmanlike, he dropped a large basket of plates, making a dreadful noise.

1768 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 19 Dec. An audacious street robber, described to be a lusty man, in a coachman's loose great coat, thin face, a coachman-like white wig with small curls, robbed several gentlemen in their chairs, and one on foot in Cavendish-square.

1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) II. 260 The Count..rode over me, as it were, without even the common coachmanlike attention of crying ‘Hi!’ before he knocked me down.

1950 Daily Mail 4 Aug. 2/4 Top right.., you see a lady wearing another Legroux hat. This coachman-like style is in cream velour with a small cockade of black ostrich feathers.

1997 Carriage Jrnl. Summer 2/1 Conservative arbiters of coachmanlike good taste.