Australian English Meaning of hackney

Hackney

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Definitions and Meaning of hackney in English

Wordnet

hackney (n)

a carriage for hire

a compact breed of harness horse

Webster

hackney (n.)

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.

Webster

hackney (a.)

Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.

Webster

hackney (v. t.)

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.

FAQs About the word hackney

Hackney

a carriage for hire, a compact breed of harness horseA horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony., A horse or pony kept for hire., A carriage kept for hire; a

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hackmen => Wharf labourers, hackmatack => Tamarack, hackman => Hackman, hackly => dodgy, hackling => hackling,