hackney

1. n. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. Source: opted

2. n. A horse or pony kept for hire. Source: opted

3. n. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach. Source: opted

4. n. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute. Source: opted

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

6. 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. Source: opted

7. v. t. To carry in a hackney coach. Source: opted

8. n. a carriage for hire Source: wordnet

9. n. a compact breed of harness horse Source: wordnet

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

11. Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used;trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. "Hackney tongue."Roscommon. Source: adambom

12. n:100 n. a carriage for hire n. a compact breed of harness horse Source: ecdict

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