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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hackney \Hack"ney\, n.; pl {Hackneys}. [OE. haceney, hacenay cf F. haquen['e]e a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF also haquen['e]e, 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --Shak. 2. To carry in a hackney coach. --Cowper. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hackney n 1: a carriage for hire [syn: {hackney coach}] 2: a compact breed of harness horse
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