Meaning of HACKNEY in English

Use in sentences of HACKNEY

Meaning of HACKNEY in English

• A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
• A horse or pony kept for hire.
• A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
• A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
• 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.
• To carry in a hackney coach.

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