hackney

[hack·ney]

A carriage for hire

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A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.

Noun
a compact breed of harness horse

Noun
a carriage for hire


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.


Hackney

Hack"ney , n.; pl. Hackneys . [OE. haceney, hacenay; cf. F. haquen'82e a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquen'82e, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh akin to E. hack to cut, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Cf. Hack a horse, Nag.] 1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. Chaucer. 2. A horse or pony kept for hire. 3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach. 4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.

Hackney

Hack"ney, a. Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. "Hackney tongue." Roscommon.

Hackney

Hack"ney, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackneyed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying.] 1. 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.
Had I lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men.
2. To carry in a hackney coach. Cowper.

A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.

Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.

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.

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