Hackney
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhækni/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hackney is a noun meaning A carriage for hire or a cab.
Meaning
A carriage for hire or a cab.
More Meanings
- A horse used to ride or drive.
- A breed of English horse.
- Offered for hire.
- (figuratively) Much used; trite; mean.
- (archaic) An ordinary horse.
- (archaic) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
- (archaic, uncountable) Inferior writing; literary hackwork.
Example Sentences
hackney coaches
hackney authors
his accumulative and hackney tongue
[…] To her, who, frugal only that her thrift / May feed excesses she can ill afford, / Is hackneyed home unlackeyed; […]
Word Forms
- hackneys
- hackneying
- hackneyed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include coachmen, havering, barnet.
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