Hackney
Definition of Hackney
Hack´ney
Pronunciation:
~nŷ
n.
1.
A
horse
for
riding
or
driving
; a
nag
; a
pony
.
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
.
a.
1.
Let
out for
hire
;
devoted
to
common
use;
hence
, much used;
trite
;
mean
; as,
hackney
coaches
;
hackney
authors
.
v. t.
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
.
[
imp
. & p. p.
Hackneyed
(-nĭd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hackneying
.]
Had I so
lavish
of my
presence
been,
So
common-
hackneyed
in the
eyes
of
men
.
- Shak.
2.
To
carry
in a
hackney
coach
.
Related Words
carriage
,
equipage
,
four-wheeler
,
hackney
carriage
,
hackney
coach
,
rig
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