hackney
(noun) a compact breed of harness horse
hackney, hackney carriage, hackney coach
(noun) a carriage for hire
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Hackney
A London borough in Greater London, England, where once upon a time many horses were pastured.
A town in eastern London, England, in this borough.
An English habitational surname.
One of several breeds of compact English horses: see hackney
(in compounds) (means of transportation): see hackney.
hackney (plural hackneys)
(archaic) An ordinary horse.
A carriage for hire or a cab.
A horse used to ride or drive.
A breed of English horse.
(archaic) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
hackney (not comparable)
Offered for hire; hence, much used; trite; mean.
hackney (third-person singular simple present hackneys, present participle hackneying, simple past and past participle hackneyed)
(transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
(transitive) To use as a hackney.
(transitive) To carry in a hackney coach.
Source: Wiktionary
Hack"ney, n.; pl. Hackneys. Etym: [OE. haceney, hacenay; cf. F. haquenée a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquenée, 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.
Hack"ney, a.
Definition: Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. "Hackney tongue." Roscommon.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 March 2025
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