Hackney

Definition of hackney:

part of speech: participle

Hackneyed.

part of speech: verb

To wear out by constant use; make commonplace.

part of speech: noun

A horse for general use, esp. for hire.

part of speech: participle

Hackneying.

part of speech: verb

To use much; make trite.

part of speech: noun

Horse let for hire.

part of speech: adjective

Let out for hire; common or trite.

part of speech: noun

A coach, or a horse, kept for hire; a nag.

part of speech: verb

To carry in a hackney- coach: to use much: to make commonplace.

Usage examples for hackney:

• Speechless with indignation, Mr. Pickwick allowed himself to be led by his solicitor and friends to the door, and there assisted into a hackney coach, which had been fetched for the purpose, by the ever watchful Sam Weller. "Bardell v. Pickwick", Percy Fitzgerald.

• While we were deliberating upon what was to be done, a hackney coachman, driving softly along, and perceiving us standing by the kennel, came up close to us, and calling, " A coach, master!" "The Adventures of Roderick Random", Tobias Smollett.