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Hackney

Hackney (hackney)
n.(-n)
Hack"ney
; pl. Hackneys (-n***ibreve]z). [OE. hakeney, hakenay; cf. F. haquenée a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haguenée, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. <
  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

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

Hackney

Hackney (hackney)
v. t.
Hack"ney
  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 so lavish of my presence been,
    So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men.     Shak.

  2. To carry in a hackney coach.
    Cowper.












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