Hackney
['hæknɪ]
Definition
(noun.) a compact breed of harness horse.
(noun.) a carriage for hire.
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Definition
(n.) A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
(n.) A horse or pony kept for hire.
(n.) A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
(n.) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
(a.) Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.
(v. t.) To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.
(v. t.) To carry in a hackney coach.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Common, hired, hack.
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Definition
n. a horse for general use esp. for hire: (obs.) a person hired for any mean work.—v.t. to carry in a hackney-coach: to use much: to make commonplace.—adjs. Hack′ney Hack′neyed let out for hire: devoted to common use: much used.—ns. Hack′ney-coach a coach let out for hire; Hack′ney-coach′man; Hack′neyman one who keeps hackney horses.
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Examples
- Merely that I consider you a dead bore, I added, as I stepped into the hackney coach and was followed by Julia. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There's a hackney-coachman downstairs with a black eye, and a tied-up head, vowing he'll have the law of you. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Tell them to fetch a hackney-coach, and be ready to go with me. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- We then took a hackney-coach and drove away to the neighbourhood of Leicester Square. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In about ten minutes Meyler came running towards the spot where I stood, and appeared to be looking eagerly about for our hackney-coach. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- While they are so conversing, a hackney-coach drives into the square, on the box of which vehicle a very tall hat makes itself manifest to the public. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was at this moment, that the sound of approaching wheels was heard, and that the ladies, looking up, saw a hackney-coach stop at the garden gate. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A hackney-coach was called, and the father and daughter departed in it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Come into a hackney-coach with me, and we will drive down to the Tennis Court, in the Haymarket. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Is anybody here who can lend me two shillings to pay my hackney-coach? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Call a hackney-coach there, directly, and bring this lady's bill, d'ye hear--d'ye hear? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But at all events, I will not trust myself in a hackney-coach with you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The man to whom he owed the money went with him in a hackney-coach; and to pass the time they tossed who should pay the fare. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- How could I be so stupid, said he: but you will allow me to set you down in a hackney-coach? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Will you come down with me in a hackney coach as far as the House? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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