Hackney
Definition of hackney:
part of speech: participle
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
part of speech: noun
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:
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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.