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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